Libya received the first batch of coronavirus vaccines from the Covax programme on Friday at the Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli.
The delivery contained 57,6000 doses, which will be important for Libya s fragile health sector that has been hit by a decade of violence since the toppling of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011
The vaccines will be earmarked for priority groups, such as health care workers and people over the age of 75.
The vaccines will be distributed to vaccination centres throughout the country, based on a distribution plan designed in coordination with the national health authorities in Libya.
The Covax programme, which aims to guarantee vaccines are equally distributed, said additional doses would be delivered this month.
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