Portugal sends 12,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Timor-Leste
Xinhua
20 Jul 2021, 07:18 GMT+10
LISBON, July 19 (Xinhua) The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday that it had sent to Timor-Leste a batch of 12,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, as well as syringes and needles. This action concludes the first cycle of sending vaccines to the PALOP (Portuguese-speaking African Countries) and Timor-Leste, said the Portuguese government in an official statement. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there was a political commitment to make available to those countries, which are our main cooperation partners, at least five percent of the vaccines against COVID-19 purchased by Portugal.