Mongolia receives 84,000 Pfizer BioNTech vaccines from Japan

Under non-refundable assistance from the Japanese government, Mongolia received 84,240 doses of vaccine on June 16. This marks the first shipment of approximately 2.35 million doses of Pfizer BioNTech vaccines below the $ 21.5 mark. Millions of non-refundable aid from Japan. More specifically, the vaccines are provided as part of the “COVID-19 Pandemic and Public Health Emergencies Capacity Building Project”, which is being carried out in Mongolia through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with a grant to ship vaccines at Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport , Deputy Prime Minister S. Amarsaikhan, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs N. Ankhbayar, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Health Ts.Recalling that Japan is providing assistance at the request of the Mongolian government, Deputy Prime Minister S. Amarsaikhan said, “This will be an essential contribution to the full vaccination of the population, especially for the future of our children and adolescents,” and thanked the Japanese Government and the Japanese people as well as UNICEF for helping implement the project.