The US government has donated 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Uganda.

This is the largest single consignment of coronavirus vaccines that the country has so far received.

The vaccines arrived at Entebbe International Airport on Monday afternoon.

Uganda previously received 2.7 million doses, comprising the AstraZeneca, Sinovac and Moderna vaccines.

They came through the UN-backed vaccine sharing-scheme, Covax, as well as the Chinese, Indian, French, Norwegian and UK governments.