Libya receives 3rd batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

File photo taken on April 14, 2021 shows packets of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP via CFP)

Libya received the third batch of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

"The third batch of 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines via COVAX Facility arrived at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli," UNICEF said in a statement, adding that it is facilitating the procurement, arrival and delivery, which will "help speed up the national vaccination program."

"Libya is a self-financing participant in the COVAX Facility and already received the first shipment of 57,600 doses in April and second shipment of in May 117,600 doses," the statement said.

The country recently received a batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines.

Libya registered 276,739 infections as of Thursday, with 3,835 deaths, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency