AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia received 84,240 doses of coronavirus vaccines from Japan for free on June 16.

This is the first shipment of a total of about 2.35 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines provided in the framework of USD 21.5 million non-refundable aid of Japan, Montsame reports.

More specifically, the vaccines are being supplied in the framework of the ‘COVID-19 pandemic and Public Health Emergency Capacity Building Project’ being implemented in Mongolia through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with a grant from the Government of Japan.

A ceremony took place for receiving the first shipment of vaccines at Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport on June 16. Deputy Prime Minister S.Amarsaikhan, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs N.Ankhbayar, State Secretary of the Ministry of Health Ts.Erdembileg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Mongolia Kobayashi Hiroyuki, and UNICEF Representative Alex Heikens and corresponding officials attended the ceremony.