During a televised interview for Libyan WTV channel and Tabadul Platform, the chairman of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs), Suliman Abusrewil, revealed that the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive to Libya before June 2021, among which one million four hundred thousand doses will arrive in April, and six hundred thousand others to be supplied by Johnson & Johnson company. He also noted that they are negotiating with 4 pharmaceutical companies.
“After series of meetings held with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX), four vaccine procurement agreemets have been enacted. COVAX allocated vaccines to cover about 20% of the Libyan population, which is about 2 million and 748,000 doses,” he added.
“The government has already paid a part of that 20%, almost $9 million,” he pointed out.