MOH: The arrival of 500 thousand doses of the Sinopharm vaccine

Baghdad-INA
 
The Ministry of Health and the Environment, announced that on Thursday, the arrival of 500 thousand doses of the vaccine Chinese Sinovarm.

The ministry said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "today, a plane arrived from the State of China, loaded with a meal of vaccines (500,000 doses), which is the third shipment provided by China in support of Iraq to confront the Corona pandemic.

The Ministry added, "The shipment was received in the presence of the charge d'affaires." The Chinese Jian Fangning and his accompanying delegation, the Director General of Kimadia Ali Al-Baldawi, his assistant, the specialists in Kimadia and the ministry's media team, in the presence of a group of media outlets. 

"The ministry appreciated the efforts of friendly China and all countries and agencies that provide support to the Ministry of Health and its staff to overcome the Corona pandemic crisis.".

Al-Baldawi confirmed, according to the statement, that "the Ministry of Health has contracted with China to send two million doses of vaccines, and the total vaccines that will reach Iraq will reach 48 million doses, including Sinopharma and Pfizer, and vaccines provided by the Kafe Alliance to confront the pandemic.".

Al-Baldawi also pointed out that "the boxes were distributed among the refrigerator fleet designated to be transported to the specified vaccination points in all governorates of Iraq, including the Kurdistan region, the displaced and the security forces."