Country received on Friday 1st batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
Algeria has started its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, according to local media.
State-run television aired images of a health worker being vaccinated in the southern Blida province, an epicenter of the COVID-19 virus.
“Blida was chosen in a symbol move at the start of the vaccination campaign since the province was the first epicenter of the pandemic last March,” Health Minister Abderrahmane Benbouzid told a press conference.
Jamal Fourar, the head of the anti-virus national committee, said the months-long vaccination campaign aims to vaccinate around 80% of the country’s 44 million population.
On Friday, Algeria received the first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. The North African nation is also expected to receive shipments from China’s Sinovac and British AstraZeneca vaccines.
Algeria has so far recorded 106,887 virus cases, including 2,884 fatalities.
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