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U.S. Army Spec. William Rommes, a combat medic assigned to Task Force Bayonet, pulls a dose of the COVID vaccine at Camp Simba, Kenya, March 18, 2021. The Janssen vaccine used is a 0.5mL single dose vaccine that is administered in the muscle of the upper arm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Davis)
Photo by: Senior Airman Taylor Davis
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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Quentin Denzel Foley (left), a preventive medicine technician with the Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMF) assigned to Camp Lemonnier and Sgt. 1st Class Bob Godes (right), the surgeon cell senior enlisted leader with Combined Joint Task Force- Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), prepare syringes the COVID vaccine at Camp Simba, Kenya, March 18, 2021. As part of a joint effort, medical personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), U.S. Naval Forces Africa and U.S. Air Forces Africa came together in order to efficiently vaccinate personnel at Camp Simba.
Photo by: Senior Airman Taylor Davis
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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Quentin Denzel Foley, a preventive medicine technician with the Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMF), prepares a syringe of the COVID vaccine at Camp Simba, Kenya, March 18, 2021. As part of a joint effort, medical personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), U.S. Naval Forces Africa and U.S. Air Forces Africa came together in order to efficiently vaccinate personnel at Camp Simba. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Davis)
Photo by: Senior Airman Taylor Davis
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U.S. Army 1st LT Patrick Roiger (right), battalion physician assistant with Task Force Bayonet, checks in a COVID vaccine volunteer at Camp Simba, Kenya, March 18, 2021. Though the vaccine is voluntary, all DoD personnel are encouraged to get it to protect their health, their families and their community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Davis)
Photo by: Senior Airman Taylor Davis
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Waylon Halfacre, a flight operational medical technician with the 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron (EABS), administers the COVID vaccine at Camp Simba, Kenya, March 18, 2021. Though the vaccine is voluntary, all DoD personnel are encouraged to get it to protect their health, their families and their community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Davis)
Photo by: Senior Airman Taylor Davis
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U.S. Army Spec. William Rommes, a combat medic assigned to Task Force Bayonet, administers the COVID vaccine at Camp Simba, Kenya, March 18, 2021. As part of a joint effort, medical personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), U.S. Naval Forces Africa and U.S. Air Forces Africa came together in order to efficiently vaccinate personnel at Camp Simba. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Davis)
Photo by: Senior Airman Taylor Davis
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Waylon Halfacre, a flight operational medical technician with the 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron (EABS) administers the COVID vaccine at Camp Simba, Kenya, March 18, 2021. The vaccination team had a goal to vaccinate around 250 people as part of the first round of vaccinations given at the camp. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Davis)
Photo by: Senior Airman Taylor Davis
CAMP SIMBA, Kenya (March. 20, 2021)- Medical personnel with the Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF), Task Force Bayonet and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) surgeon cell from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, arrived at Camp Simba, Kenya, March 17, 2021, to administer the vaccine March 18-20.
“Our objective is to vaccinate 252 people while we’re here,” said 1st Lt. Jenna Heller, the medical operations officer with Task Force Bayonet. “Then hopefully the popularity will build and eventually we’ll reach an ultimate goal of 100% vaccination at the camp.”
Receiving the vaccine is voluntary, but all DoD personnel are encouraged to get it to protect their health, their families and their community.
“I was one of the first volunteers because of how dangerous it’s been to my community,” said U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany Alvarez, a security forces Airman with the 475th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron (EABS). “I want to do my part and help protect my family.”
The team administered the COVID vaccine with the help of the 475th EABS medical team as part of a joint effort between Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), U.S. Naval Forces Africa (NAVAF) and U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command (USAFE-AFAFRICA) under the direction of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM).
“The Janssen vaccine doesn’t need to be transferred frozen which makes it easy to work with in an austere environment,” said U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Quentin Denzel Foley, a preventive medicine technician with the EMF.
The end-goal is that the DoD is able to reduce the burden of COVID-19 in high-risk populations and simultaneously mitigate risk to military operations.
For more information about the vaccine, please visit the website below.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html
