| Date | 29 January 2021 |
|---|---|
| Location | vaccination clinics |
| Cause | COVID-19 pandemic |
| Participants | 2,500,000 doses administered Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca (6 June 2021) 2,500,000 Total vaccinated people (to which the first and second dose of vaccine were administered) |
| Footage | https://corona-dz.live/ |
On 29 January 2021, Algeria launched a COVID-19 vaccination campaign, a day after receiving its first shipment of 50,000 doses of the Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. As of 6 June 2021, around 2.5 million doses have been administered.[1][2] Algeria is currently vaccinating its population with both Sputnik V and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.[3][4]