{"id":45135,"date":"2022-01-17T08:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T08:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-contribution-to-rwanda-s-covid-19-response-reaches-rwf28-billion\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:24:40","slug":"us-contribution-to-rwanda-s-covid-19-response-reaches-rwf28-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-contribution-to-rwanda-s-covid-19-response-reaches-rwf28-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"US contribution to Rwanda\u2019s COVID-19 response reaches Rwf28 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the latest shipment of Pfizer vaccine doses that arrived at Kigali International Airport on Saturday 15th January 2022, the contribution of US to Rwanda\u2019s response to COVID-19 has reached Rwf28 billion. <\/p>\n

Following the delivery of new doses, the US Ambassador in Rwanda, Peter H. Vrooman said that his country is honored to continue partnership with Rwanda to defeat the pandemic. <\/p>\n

\u201c4 Million vaccine doses! With last night\u2019s new shipment of more than 1 million doses, the United States celebrates with Rwanda our continued partnership to fight COVID-19,\u201d he tweeted on Sunday. <\/p>\n

So far, US has donated a total of 4,296,450 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Rwanda. <\/p>\n

Since the start of the pandemic, the United States has stood side-by-side with the Rwandan people committing nearly Rwf30 billion to combat COVID-19. The United States has pledged to donate at least 1.1 billion doses of COVID-19 doses globally by 2023.<\/p>\n

US has also helped Rwanda to renovate three hospitals, donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and medical supplies, X-ray machines, and other equipment to fight COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Other US COVID-19 support to Rwanda include state-of-the-art ventilators; construction of handwashing stations across Rwanda; public communications to fight COVID-19; vehicles to support contact tracing; patient monitors, hospital beds, and intensive care unit equipment; and other supplies such as biohazard bags, alcohol and hand washing soap. <\/p>\n

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