COVID-19 vaccines reach Syria amid warnings of discrimination in access
May 4, 2021
Syria Vaccine Team workers transport AstraZeneca vaccines in Idlib province, northwest Syria, 4/21/2021 (Idlib Health Directorate)
AMMAN On May 1, a three-week COVID-19 vaccination campaign targeting medical workers began in northwest Syria. The start of vaccinations follows the recent arrival of vaccines in the country.
On April 24, the Syrian regime received 150,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine from China. It was the second batch to arrive in Damascus, days after 203,000 out of a total 256,800 AstraZeneca doses for Syria were received through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX) initiative. The remaining 53,800 doses were for opposition areas in northwest Syria.
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