Aden (Debriefer) - The Unite States plans to deliver 25 million anti-coronavirus vaccines globally, Yemen's minister of planning and international cooperation said Thursday, noting that his country was considered in the plan.
The ministry of planning wants to secure sufficient shots against Covid-19 and mobilize support needed to combat the pandemic, Wa'id Ba Dheeb added.
The ministry is currently in talks to raise additional funding of US$ 19 million from the World Bank, the Yemeni minister said.
Last March, Yemen received the first shipment of 360,000 AstraZeneca vaccines against Covid-19, gifted by the COVAX program.
On 20 April, vaccination campaign started in areas under government control.
Until Thursday, the official government recorded 6,767 coronavirus cases, including 1,325 deaths and 3,484 recoveries.
