he Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved, in principle, a $150 million supplementary grant to procure anti-Covid vaccine.

The committee also allowed the Ministry of Economic Affairs to formally request G20 countries for extension in Covid-19-related debt relief involving about $900m for January-June 2021 period, in addition to an existing facility of about $1.8 billion relief for a period up to Dec 2020.

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