Iraq: Vaccinated numbers and priority groups announcement

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18-08-2021, 21:57

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INA – Baghdad

Ministry of Health and Environment announced that the numbers of vaccination of citizens against the Corona virus has reached about 100.000 per day, while noting that the IDPs have priority among the target groups in providing vaccines.

"The number of citizens who received the vaccine is less than three million, and we hope to exceed this number soon, including the vaccinates, the first and second doses,'' said the ministry's spokesman, Saif Al-Badr, in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

Al-Badr explained that "the ministry continues to vaccinate, and the field campaign in al-Sadr City continues on daily basis from 08:00 am until 08:00 pm,''

"The IDPs have priority among the target groups in providing vaccines, and in each camp, there are health centers or a health house, to provide health services including vaccines for them,'' he added.