Yemen receives first batch of coronavirus vaccines

A Yemeni man wearing a protective mask stands among others, waiting for a food aid distribution, in front of a hospital, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on March 24, 2021. (File/AFP)

ADEN: War-torn Yemen received on Wednesday the first shipment of coronavirus vaccine doses, said the UN children’s agency.
“Yemen received 360,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses shipped via the Covax Facility,” UNICEF said in a statement. “This first batch is part of 1.9 million doses that Yemen will initially receive throughout 2021.”