More than 17,000 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine in Lebanon

Last weekend, Lebanon received its first batch of 28,500 Pfizer-BioNTech doses of coronavirus vaccines. It started vaccinations on Sunday. Lebanon gave its first COVID-19 vaccine doses to health workers and those above 75. More Pfizer-BioNTech doses are scheduled to arrive to Beirut over the coming weeks and at a later stage AstraZeneca shots will be brought in. The country had imposed a nationwide lockdown including a curfew as of Jan. 11 to try to limit the spread of the virus. Health Advisor to the President Dr. Walid Khoury confirmed that more than 17,000 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine in Lebanon since the launch of the inoculation campaign less than a week ago