Syria’s health ministry denies local report on Chinese vaccine arrival

Csaba Lengyel, President of the University of Szeged's Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Clinic Center shows a pack of the vaccine against COVID-19 produced by Chinese Sinopharm at the university in Szeged, Hungary, Wednesday, February 24, 2021. (AP)

• Syria’s healthy ministry denies Chinese coronavirus vaccines had arrived in the country
• The ministry said it would announce details about vaccinations on Thursday

DAMASCUS: Syria’s healthy ministry denied on Wednesday a newspaper report that said Chinese coronavirus vaccines had arrived in the country and were being distributed nationwide.
Al Watan newspaper had reported earlier on Wednesday that vaccinations of health care workers would start on Thursday but it did not specify the quantity of vaccines that had arrived or the type.
An official source at the health ministry told Reuters the report was not true.
The ministry later issued a statement saying it would announce details about vaccinations on Thursday.
“All what was mentioned in some media .... about the arrival or the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine will be clarified tomorrow in detail,” the statement said.