A health worker prepare a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Gaza City March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday received its first batch of vaccines from the global COVAX sharing initiative, in a boost to inoculations in the occupied West Bank and Gaza lagging far behind Israel's campaign.
A Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman said 38,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine would be used for inoculations as of Sunday, while 24,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine would be stored "until there is a scientific decision from the World Health Organization".
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