The Government of Kiribati through the Ministry of Health & Medical Services (MHMS), development partners and other government agencies are working towards vaccinating its estimated 71,202 eligible citizens. These include I-Kiribati nationals aged 18 years and above.
From May 2021, the Government of Kiribati embarked on its vaccination program seeking to cover 20% of the targeted eligible population in South Tarawa and its nearby islands of North Tarawa, Maiana and Abaiang.
A total of 13,970 received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine in May and have begun receiving their second doze from 04 August 2021.
Kiribati’s world-class fly-fishing destination Kiritimati (Christmas) island and Kanton, the administration centre for the Phoenix Island Protected Area (PIPA) and also one of the world’s largest marine protected area, is tentatively scheduled to begin their vaccination roll out from September 2021. This will also include Kiribati’s surfing hotspot Tabuaeran (Fanning) island and neighbouring Teraina (Washington) island.
The Tourism Authority of Kiribati (TAK)welcomes the progress of the country’s vaccination program as it views the health and safety its citizens as paramount to the safe and smart restart of tourism to Kiribati.
