Roundup: Turkish president, Jordanian king receive COVID-19 vaccine; Iraq bans citizens from traveling to 20 countries with new coronavirus variant


  • World
  • Friday, 15 Jan 2021

CAIRO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Jordan's King Abdullah II on Thursday received the COVID-19 vaccine, respectively. Meanwhile, Iraq announced a ban on its citizens from travelling to 20 countries where a new coronavirus variant was found.

Erdogan received his first dose of vaccine at a hospital in capital Ankara, as Turkey has started mass vaccination for COVID-19 after approving the emergency use of a vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech.

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