Malta delivers 40,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines and test kits to Libya

By Sami Zaptia.

Malta sends 40,000 AstraZeneca vaccines and an equal number of test kits to Libya (Photo: Health Ministry).

London, 18 August 2021:

Malta sent 40,000 doses of AstraZeneca anti-Coronavirus vaccines and an equal number of Rapid Antibody test kits which arrived at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport yesterday. The process was conducted through close cooperation with the World Health Organization and Libya’s Health Ministry.

The Maltese consignment arrived on the same day as another consignment of 200,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived at Mitiga from Greece. This makes it the fourth consignment of AstraZeneca vaccines to arrive in Libya.

Overall, it is the fourteenth consignment of vaccines to arrive in Libya. It brings the total number of the four brands (Sputnik V, Astra Zeneca, Pfizer and Sinovac/pharm) received in Libya to 3,638,652 doses.

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Vaccine arrivals in Libya

	Brand	Quantity	Date of arrival	Note
1	Sputnik V	101,252	040421	Via UAE
2	Oxford AstraZeneca	57,600	080421	Via Covax
3	Sputnik V	100,000	090421	?
4	Sinovac	150,000	140421	Via Turkey
5	Oxford AstraZeneca	117,600	190521	Via Covax
6	Sputnik V	100,00	150621	?
7	Pfizer	54,600	240621	Via Covax
8	Sputnik V	100,000	060721	?
9	Sputnik V	500,000	190721	?
10	Sinovac/pharm	1,200,000	020821	?
11	Sinovac/pharm	800,000	040821	?
12	Oxford AstraZeneca	117,600	120821	Via Covax
13	Oxford AstraZeneca	200,000	170821	Via Greece
14	Oxford AstraZeneca	40,000	170821	Via Malta
	Total:	3,638,652

Commenting on the delivery of the consignment, Malta’s Prime Minister Roberts Abela said ‘‘Malta remains committed in doing its part to support Libya in overcoming global challenges.’’

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