Washington sends 840,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Uganda

Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine

The United States is shipping 840,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine to Uganda. PHOTO | JUSTIN TALLIS | AFP

The United States is shipping 840,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine to Uganda Tuesday through an international initiative for humanitarian crises, a White House official said.

This will be the first shipment of the J&J jab under the "humanitarian buffer," a stock of vaccines managed by Covax, the international scheme aimed at ensuring vaccine access for poorer countries.