On August 2, the Ugandan government addressed an official request for assistance from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to the Emergency Response Coordination Center (ERCC). The request for assistance consisted of administering the second dose of AstraZeneca to vaccinate the 162,026 teachers who received the first dose and 100,000 doses from Johnson & Johnson to vaccinate rural teachers for whom the logistics of vaccination will be facilitated with a single-dose vaccine.
