Mauritania Receives 168.000 Doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine from U.S.A

The Minister of Health, Mr. Sidi Ould Zahav, received at Nouakchott-Oumtounsy International Airport a quantity of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine donated by the United States of America to our country.

In a speech on this occasion, the minister said that this position embodies the content of the message sent by His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazuani, to the international conference on the Covid-19 crisis, organized by US President John Biden. In which, the president of the republic stressed that international solidarity is the only way to address the challenges of the pandemic.

He appreciated the role played by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in supporting our country’s efforts to obtain vaccines and combat the pandemic.

The Minister thanked the government, the people of the United States of America, and the American President for this assistance.

As for the Ambassador of the United States of America to Mauritania, HE Ms. Synthia Kierscht, she explained that despite two years since the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, its danger still exists, noting that the international efforts aimed at overcoming the pandemic are still below expectations.