Libya’s new unity government launched a long-delayed Covid-19 vaccination programme after receiving some 160,000 vaccine doses over the past week, with the prime minister receiving his jab on live television, Reuters reports.

Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh called it a “blessed day” in the fight against Covid-19 after receiving his shot, without saying which vaccine he had been given. At least 100,000 of the doses that arrived this week were Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.

Workers unload a shipment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine in Tripoli, Libya, April 4. — Reuters
Workers unload a shipment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine in Tripoli, Libya, April 4. — Reuters

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