Houthis block delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to territories under their control

An employee shows vials of the AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD vaccine (a version of the vaccine produced in India) upon the arrival of the first shipment at the airport of Aden, on March 31, 2021. (File/AFP)

• The vaccines were meant to be distrusted to people in Houthi-controlled areas

DUBAI: A Yemeni Public Health official said Houthi militants blocked the delivery of a shipment of coronavirus vaccines to areas under their control, state agency Saba News reported.
The vaccines were meant to be distrusted to people in Houthi-controlled areas in northern Yemen, the report added.
The deputy health minister Ali Al-Walidi told a WHO-sponsored virtual meeting of Mediterranean health ministers about the militia’s action.