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Syria receives 150,000 doses of corona vaccine provided by China

2021-07-29T16:48:23.720Z


Damascus, SANA-Syria today received 150,000 doses of an anti-Coronavirus vaccine provided by the People’s Republic of China. wow


Damascus-SANA

Today, Syria received 150,000 doses of an anti-Coronavirus vaccine provided by the People's Republic of China.

Following the signing of the memorandum of receipt of vaccines at Damascus International Airport, the Minister of Health in the caretaker government, Dr. Hassan Al-Ghabash, explained in a statement to reporters that today, 150,000 doses of the (Sinopharma) vaccine against Covid 19 were received, in continuation of the Chinese grant and its unstoppable support in several areas, especially With regard to the health sector in Syria, he expressed his hope for continued cooperation to serve the interests of the two friendly countries and peoples.

Dr. Al-Ghabash pointed out that the vaccine is registered and recognized by the World Health Organization and has proven successful in China and many countries, and whoever takes the vaccine receives two doses with an interval of two to three weeks, expressing thanks to China and its friendly people for their important contributions in light of the spread of the epidemic.

For his part, Chinese Ambassador to Damascus Fong Biao said that the vaccine is provided by the Chinese Red Cross Society to the Syrian government, pointing out that this batch of vaccines is "a living embodiment of the traditional and fraternal friendship between the peoples of China and Syria."

The Chinese ambassador noted the (fruitful) cooperation between his country and Syria to combat the Corona pandemic since its outbreak, noting that during the recent visit of the State Counselor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (Wang Yi) to Damascus, China pledged to “provide a new batch of the vaccine with 500,000 doses in addition to various types of medical devices.” to Syria.”

Fong Biao pointed out that the Syrian and Chinese sides are "in the process of making all preparations to transfer this aid to Syria as soon as possible," expressing his thanks to the Syrian Ministry of Health and its important role in transferring the vaccine from China to Damascus.

Ambassador Fung Biao stressed the importance of concerted efforts to combat the pandemic globally, especially in light of the continuing spread of the virus and the emergence of mutated strains of it, expressing his regret that the United States of America and some Western countries ignore the facts and seek to politicize the pandemic and deliberately link the virus to certain countries, especially the file that revealed the source of the virus in an attempt to offend to others and hold other countries responsible for the failure to combat the pandemic.

Fong Biao pointed out that the joint report on the detection of the source of the Corona virus prepared by China and the World Health Organization is "scientific and reliable, and it must be respected and defended and taken as a basis for continuing the work of detecting the source of the virus in the world," calling on all parties to abide by the scientific principle while revealing the source of the virus and rejecting the politicization of this Subject.

The handover ceremony was attended by the Director of the Asia Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Ambassador Dr. Radwan Lutfi, the Director of the Information Department in the Ministry and Reef Al-Halabi.

Source: sena

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