The World Health Organisation has said that only around one per cent of the wider Middle East region's population had received a first coronavirus vaccine shot.
The UN body released its data for what it calls the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) of nearly 600 million people, stretching from Morocco to Pakistan — but excluding Israel.
“So far, more than 6.3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been given to people in 12 countries,” Ahmed al-Mandhari, the Cairo-based WHO's regional chief, told reporters.
WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) comprises 21 member states and is home to some 583 million people.
