A statement from the German Embassy in Angola states that, along with the United Nations Fund for Childhood, the vaccines were delivered to the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda.
In the act of delivery, the Deputy Mission Head of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Constantin Zelenty, expressed satisfaction for the support of his country to Angola and the fact that "the vaccination campaign in Angola is progressing so well".
In turn, the donation of Portugal fits in the second phase of the action plan in the Sanitary Response to Pandemic Covid-19 between Portugal and the African Lusophone and Timor-Leste countries.
According to a press release of the Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, with this donation "total vaccines sent to Angola amounts to almost one million and four hundred thousand doses (1,397,600)."
"Portugal assumed the political commitment to make available to PALOP and Timor-Leste at least 5 percent of their acquiring acquisitions against Cuvid-19, a commitment that was reinforced during the Community Summit of the Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) It took place last July in Luanda", he adds.
