The United States government has donated 168,000 additional doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Liberia.

The donation was made through COVAX, the global vaccine sharing initiative. 

This batch brings the number of doses of the J&J vaccine provided to Liberia from the United States to 470,400.

Together, this donation, which arrived at Roberts International Airport, via COVAX on October 23, along with the previous donation make up the largest by a single country to Liberia to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Deputy Chief of Mission Joel Maybury joined Minister of Health Wilhelmina Jallah and UNICEF Country Director Laila Gad at Harvest Intercontinental Cathedral in Monrovia on Sunday to welcome the donation and join a vaccine drive. 

To date, the United States has delivered more than 205 million doses of vaccine to more than 100 countries.