{"id":59903,"date":"2021-05-26T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=59903"},"modified":"2021-05-26T15:56:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T15:56:11","slug":"who-hands-over-syrias-autonomous-administration-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=59903","title":{"rendered":"WHO hands over Syria’s Autonomous Administration Covid-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>About 23,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine arrived in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) areas, a medical source from the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, in coordination with the AANES Health Board, the WHO started the process of vaccinating the health staff of al-Sha’ab Hospital in the city of Hasakah, northeast Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Since yesterday, about 30 cases of the health staff have been vaccinated against coronavirus,” Dr. Antar Sino, head of doctors in al-Sha’ab Hospital, told North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WHO source added that 13,200 doses of the vaccine reached Hasakah, where 6,000 vaccines were allocated for Raqqa and 4,000 for Deir ez-Zor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pointed out that the process of vaccinating the medical staff and the infected in al-Lo’lo’a Hospital within the Security Square in Hasakah, started two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

500 people have been vaccinated in al-Lo’lo’a Hospital, according to the source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late in April, the AANES Health Board co-chair, Jiwan Mustafa, had said, about 20,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine will reach AANES-held areas<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a previous interview with North Press, he added that 203,000 doses reached Syria, of which 10% was the allocation of northeast Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is unfair to allocate only 10% of the vaccines to AANES, as between 35 and 40% of the total population of Syria lives there, according to Mustafa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vaccination process in al-Sha’ab Hospital will last until June 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vaccination is approved by the WHO and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and it requires three years to confirm its effectiveness. It is the British AstraZeneca type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting by Jindar Abdulqader<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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