HEALTH

Covid-19: Algeria receives new shipment of Sinovac vaccine

APS - 31 August 2021

ALGIERS-The Health Ministry received on Monday, at Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algiers, a new shipment of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, consisting of 567,600 doses.

This shipment is part of the COVAX initiative, said the Ministry of Health in a statement.

Last Thursday, Algeria had received two shipments of AstraZeneca vaccines and the American "Johnson & Johnson," recalled the ministry.