The Prime Minister has approved a decision on spending an additional 320 million USD on the purchase of 61 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. According to the decision, the funding will be provided to the Ministry of Health to buy 30 million doses produced by AstraZeneca and 31 others by Pfizer.

The additional fund will also be earmarked for the transport, distribution and storage of as well as the purchase of vaccination supplies for vaccines sourced from the COVAX Facility and foreign funding and sponsorship.

Source: VOV5