War-ravaged Libya received more than 100,000 doses of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, with the country's health ministry announcing that first shipment with jabs landed at Tripoli's Mitiga airport Sunday, Daily Sabah reports.
Around 1,000 new infections are announced daily by the National Centre for Disease Control, posing a challenge to a health sector ravaged by years of conflict.
"It is the first drop of rain. Thank God, we are able to supply the first batch of corona vaccine," interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh said in a tweet. "The rest of the shipment will arrive in succession," he added, without giving details of how many more doses were due.
