Libya Sunday received over 100,000 doses of Russian covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, and will begin the inoculation campaign against the pandemic which has already infected over 160,000 people. Interim Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeiba welcomed the doses which landed at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli. He urged Libyans to register for vaccination on the portal launched in March by the National Center for Disease Control. The North African country has not set a date for the campaign yet but it aims to vaccinate 3 million people. Over 160,000 people have so far tested positive to the virus which has also killed 2,737 others, out of the seven million strong population.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 05, 2021 12:33 UTC