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Israel supplies first Covid-19 vaccines to Palestinians
Ramallah - Palestinians will also be receiving upwards of 40,000 vaccines from COVAX scheme.
- Reuters
- Updated: Mon 1 Feb 2021, 9:55 PM
Israel said on Monday it supplied the Palestinians with their first shipment of Covid-19 shots, totalling 2,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine.
The vaccines were transferred into the occupied West Bank and will be used by Palestinian Authority medical teams, according to a statement by COGAT, Israel's military liaison to the Palestinians.
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A Palestinian official confirmed the delivery without disclosing any further details.
Israel has earmarked an additional 3,000 doses for the Palestinians, said a COGAT official.
Israel has emerged as a world leader in vaccinating its citizens and the Palestinian Authority has separately been trying to secure its own doses. It has ordered a batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.
The Palestinians will also be receiving upwards of 35,000 to 40,000 vaccines from the COVAX global vaccine sharing programme in the coming weeks, a World Health Organization official said on Monday.
Israel has emerged as a world leader in vaccinating its citizens.
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