Tonga's Ministry of Health has confirmed a schedule of when COVID-19 vaccines will next become available for the Kingdom.
To start, a consignment of 10,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines is scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
Tomorrow's doses are funded by the Australian Government thorugh the COVAX facility and will be sent to Ha'apai.
Another batch of COVID-19 vaccines is expected to arrive around mid to late August, funded by Japan.
Ministry of Health CEO Dr Siale 'Akau'ola says these vaccines will be used to vaccinate people living at Tongatapu, Eua and the Niuas.
More vaccines, including Pfizer doses, funded by New Zealand, are planned for rollout in Tonga at the end of August or towards the last quarter of the year.
Dr 'Akau'ola said these vaccines will be used to vaccinate anyone else in Tonga who may have missed out in the early vaccination stages.
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