Shafaq News/The Iraqi State Company for Marketing Drugs and Medical Appliances, Kimadia, said Iraq received 1,006,200 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine.

Upon its arrival, according the state-owned company's press release, the batch was immediately allocated to vaccination centers throughout the country, including the Kurdistan Region.

The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the country on April 11, 2021.