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Houthis Block Vaccine Delivery to The Areas it Controls

Published May 20th, 2021 - 08:54 GMT
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The COVID-19 vaccines were meant to be distrusted to people in Houthi-controlled areas

A Yemeni Public Health official said Houthi militants blocked the delivery of a shipment of coronavirus vaccines to areas under their control, state agency Saba News reported.

The vaccines were meant to be distrusted to people in Houthi-controlled areas in northern Yemen, the report added.

The deputy health minister Ali Al-Walidi told a WHO-sponsored virtual meeting of Mediterranean health ministers about the militia’s action.

 

This article has been adapted from its original source.

 

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