Lebanon approves law to import COVID-19 vaccines

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BEIRUT, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese parliament passed on Friday a law that will allow the emergency use of vaccines against COVID-19, the National News Agency reported.

The parliament convened to pass the law which will allow Lebanon to pave a deal with global pharmaceutical Pfizer to acquire their COVID-19 vaccine.

Lebanon will buy 2 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine with the first shipment expected to arrive by mid-February.

Lebanon has been fighting against COVID-19 since Feb. 21, 2020. The number of infections in the country reached 237,132 while death toll from the virus stands at 1,781 as of Friday. Enditem

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