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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Expects COVID-19 Vaccines from GAVI Alliance Mid-February

A Tunisian child wears a face shield in a school in Tunis. (EPA)

Tunisia expects to receive four million free doses of COVID-19 vaccine through the Geneva-based GAVI vaccine alliance from mid-February, Health Minister Fouzi Mehdi said on Tuesday.

The doses will be enough to immunize 2 million of Tunisia's 11.5 million population.

Tunisia become the third country in Africa to approve use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Saturday.

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