The Audit Bureau has approved a budget of 9,619,000 USD for providing a Coronavirus vaccine in Libya.

On Saturday, the Audit Bureau confirmed in a statement that it had received a letter from the GNA’ Ministry of Health regarding Libya’s participation in an international agreement to supply the Coronavirus vaccine.

It emphasized that the authorities must take all necessary measures, including logistic preparations concerning storage places and the transportation process to ensure the vaccine is delivered in good conditions according to the approved specifications.

In the same vein, the Head of the Supreme Advisory Committee to Combat Coronavirus, Khalifa Al-Bakoush, said on Sunday that the committee, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, has already begun to take all the procedures to obtain 6,000 Coronavirus vaccines.

Al-Bakoush added in a press statement that the vaccine will be distributed in the first stage to the groups most vulnerable to infection with the virus, such as medical and paramedical staff, the elderly and people with chronic diseases.

He also indicated that the first batch of the vaccine will be provided early if the financial procedures are completed this week.