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London, 17 April 2021:
Libya’s national vaccination campaign against the Coronavirus was launched within the Tripoli municipality and other health centres across its municipalities this morning.
Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported today that 430 health facilities have been equipped throughout the country with all the health and media requirements for the campaign.
At a launch ceremony held at the Health and Care Centre in the Municipality of Tripoli, NCDC head Badr Al-Din Al-Najjar stressed the importance of taking the vaccination to protect citizens and society from this pandemic.
Vaccination rollout
1-Astrazeneca vaccine for: All those above 70 years old registered on the online system.
London, 2 April 2021:
A member of Libya’s Anti-Coronavirus Advisory Committee confirmed to
Libya Herald today that the first batch of 57,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is awaiting shipment to Libya.
The news comes as Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported today:
161,088 – cumulative coronavirus cases
2,684 – total deaths
148,288 recovered cases
Sources have reported that the Libyan authorities are coordinating with one of their state airliners to transport the vaccines, which are part of the UN Covax programme. Covax was established by the UN to coordinate and supply less developed states in order to ensure that all states received some vaccines.
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