Uganda's Health Minister Jane Aceng has denied reports that top government officials have been vaccinated against Covid-19 before the country formally receives vaccines.

Ms Aceng was reacting to a report by local newspaper Daily Monitor and American newspaper Wall Street Journal.

In a tweet, the ministry said neither the president nor his close associates had been vaccinated as alleged.

"I want to categorically state that neither President Museveni nor his innher circle have been vaccinated against Covid-19," the minister said.

The Minister for Health, @JaneRuth_Aceng
addressing the media: “I want to categorically state that Neither President @KagutaMuseveni nor his inner circle have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as alleged by both @DailyMonitor and the American newspaper,The Wall Street Journal. pic.twitter.com/aij6LLgffj

— Ministry of Health- Uganda (@MinofHealthUG) February 23, 2021

Uganda's has so far confirmed 40,221 cases of coronavirus.

The country is expecting to receive donations of 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India and another 300,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China.

The delivery date for the vaccines has not been announced.