Iraq to import 1.5 million dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

Iraq to import 1.5 million dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
2020-12-21T18:41:28+00:00

Shafaq News / Health authorities in Iraq have registered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for import and use in the country.

 The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment has signed a contract to buy doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Seif Al-Badr, said in a statement “according to the contract, Iraq will import 1.5 million doses of the vaccine early in 2021.”

So far, Iraq recorded 585,345 cases, 12,710 deaths, and 522,637 recoveries.

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