Libya kicks off delayed COVID-19 vaccination drive

Libya kicks off delayed COVID-19 vaccination drive
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© Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah receives the coronavirus vaccination at the Centre for Disease Co...
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah receives the coronavirus vaccination at the Centre for Disease Control at the launch of the country's national vaccination campaign [Mahmud Turkia/AFP]
Libya has launched its delayed COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister of the country’s new unity government, getting his shot on live television.
Officially, Libya has registered a total of about 167,000 coronavirus cases, including more than 2,800 deaths, out of a population of seven million. Its healthcare system has struggled to cope during the pandemic, strained by years of political turmoil and violence.

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