KABUL: Afghanistan has begun administering a Covid-19 vaccine with a ceremony at the presidential palace.
Afghanistan received 500,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the government of India earlier this month. After the vaccine’s approval by the World Health Organisation, it has begun immunising front-line personnel including health workers, reporters and security forces.
Afghanistan has recorded 55,646 coronavirus cases, including 2,435 deaths.
Afghanistan received 500,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the government of India earlier this month. After the vaccine’s approval by the World Health Organisation, it has begun immunising front-line personnel including health workers, reporters and security forces.
Afghanistan has recorded 55,646 coronavirus cases, including 2,435 deaths.
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