COVID-19 vaccination in Algeria

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COVID-19 vaccination in Algeria
Date29 January 2021
Locationvaccination clinics
Cause COVID-19 pandemic
Participants2,500,000 doses administered Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca
(6 June 2021)
2,500,000 Total vaccinated people
(to which the first and second dose of vaccine were administered)
Footage https://corona-dz.live/

On 29 January 2021, Algeria launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign, a day after receiving its first shipment of 50,000 doses of the Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. As of 6 June 2021, around 2.5 million doses have been administered. [1] [2] Algeria is currently vaccinating its population with both Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. [3] [4]

Contents

Background

Data Reporting

Algeria has reported on administering over 2.5 million doses of the vaccine. Data is only reported every few weeks or months apart without secondary dose information. [5] [6]

History

Timeline

January 2021

On 28 January 2021, Algeria received 50,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine which landed at Algiers International Airport. [7]

On 29 January 2021, Algeria launched a coronavirus vaccination campaign, a day after receiving its first shipment of 50,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. [8]

February 2021

On 1 February, 50,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived. [9]

On 25 February 2021, Algeria received 200,000 more vaccines from China. [10]

April 2021

364,800 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered on 3 April through the COVAX pillar. [11] [12]

On 7 April, minister Lotfi Benbahmad announced that an agreement had been reached to produce Sputnik V at Saidal's manufacturing plant in Constantine. [13] [14]

On 26 April, the U.S. provided more than 600,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. [15]

August 2021

By the end of the month, 4.1 million vaccine doses had been administered. [16]

September 2021

By the end of the month, 10.2 million vaccine doses had been administered. [16]

October 2021

By the end of the month, 11.2 million vaccine doses had been administered while 27% of the target population had been fully vaccinated. [16]

November 2021

By the end of the month, 12.1 million vaccine doses had been administered while 30% of the target population had been fully vaccinated. [16]

December 2021

By the end of the month, 12.5 million vaccine doses had been administered while 31% of the target population had been fully vaccinated. [16]

January 2022

By the end of the month, 13 million vaccine doses had been administered while 32% of the target population had been fully vaccinated. [16]

April 2022

By the end of the month, 15 million vaccine doses had been administered while 6.5 million persons had been fully vaccinated. [16]

Progress

Cumulative vaccinations in Algeria [17]

Daily vaccinations chart of Algeria

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