KABUL, Afghanistan — U.N. children’s agency UNICEF says more than 1.4 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses will be delivered to Afghanistan on Friday as the country battles a third wave of infections. The COVID-19 vaccines are being donated by the United States and delivered through the U.N.-backed COVAX program. Asad Umar said on Twitter that widespread disregard for social distancing rules and the emergence of the delta variant first identified in India were the two main causes. The highly contagious delta variant outbreak began after a limousine driver tested positive on June 16. The delta variant is surging through populations with low vaccination rates.

Source: thestar July 09, 2021 09:55 UTC