The United States has donated 198,900 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Somalia.
The East African nation received the doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the US Embassy in Mogadishu.
This was the sixth such delivery by the US government to Somalia.
Somalia received the latest batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the partnership between the US and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and African Union (AU) also played a role in ensuring that the East African nation received the vaccines.