China donated 500,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to war-torn Syria, which has one of the world’s lowest inoculation rates and what the UN called an alarming rise in cases.
The latest shipment raises to almost two million the number of such deliveries to Syria in a week.
United Nations under-secretary-general Martin Griffiths warned that less than two per cent of Syria’s population have been vaccinated and cases of infection are spiking
Health Minister Hassan Ghabash praised the latest donation of another Chinese vaccine, Sinopharm.
Ghabash says his health services have vaccinated more than 600,000 people and urged more Syrians to come forward for their jabs.