Linda Thomas-Greenfield welcomes new U.S. Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to Mali

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The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has welcomed a second donation of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine as part of the U.S. government’s efforts to fight the pandemic in Mali and around the world.  This shipment of 168,000 vaccine doses arrived in Bamako, Mali, on October 23, 2021, and was delivered to Mali’s Ministry of Health and Social Development.