WHO to give vaccines in Houthi-held areas of Yemen
- 2021-06-02
- 11:57:13
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The World Health Organization said it will start giving vaccinations against the coronavirus in northern Yemen next week.
Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that the Iran-backed Houthis which contriol the north of cthe country have withheld information about the coronavirus and played down its dangers. Yemen began vaccinating citizens in government-held areas on April 20.
Some 10,000 vaccine doses sent as part iof the Covax program for poor countries arrived in the Houthi-held capital of Saana on Monday but remained in storage due to disagreements over how it would be administered, according to reports.
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