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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

China to Give Lebanon 50,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

Lebanon launched its inoculation drive last month after receiving its first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (AP)

China will donate 50,000 shots of its Sinopharm vaccine to Lebanon, its ambassador tweeted on Monday as the crisis-hit country fights a COVID-19 outbreak that has killed nearly 4,700 people.

Lebanon, deep in the throes of a financial crisis, launched its inoculation drive last month after receiving its first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine with aid from the World Bank.

Lebanon has reported 376,938 coronavirus cases, 4,743 deaths and 294,270 recoveries.

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