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Syria gets vaccines from ‘friendly country’ after Israel said to have bought doses for it
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSyria says it has received coronavirus vaccines from a “friendly country,” according to state media, after reports Israel agreed to purchase Russian vaccines for the country as part of a prisoner exchange.
Syrian Health Minister Hassan Ghabash doesn’t specify where the vaccines are from.
As part of the Russian-brokered deal for the return of an Israeli woman who crossed into Syria, Israel agreed to buy $1 million worth of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for Syria’s use, according to a report last week.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said no Israeli vaccine doses were sent to Syria, but didn’t explicitly deny the report.
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