The World Bank has allocated $34 million to inoculate an initial two million of Lebanon’s six million inhabitants. Lebanon has ordered around six million vaccine doses in total, including two million from Pfizer/BioNTech and another 2.7 million via the international Covax distribution program. Some 450,000 people have signed up to be vaccinated in Lebanon including 45,000 aged over 75 and 17,500 health sector staff, caretaker health minister Hamad Hassan said. He has promised all residents would be vaccinated, including Syrian and Palestinian refugees living in the country. Lebanon desperately needs the new government to start sweeping reforms and unlock billions of dollars in international aid.

Source: Ethiopian News February 02, 2021 17:47 UTC