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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Iraq on Wednesday announced that it would be issuing an e-number to be considered a global health certificate for people that have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The certificate will benefit people travelling to countries that may require vaccinations, according to Ruba Hassan, a member of the health ministry’s media office told state media outlet al-Sabah.
Hassan also mentioned that there may be places where employees or customers are expected to be vaccinated, especially in restaurants and malls.
Iraq has received 336,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the ministry announced on Thursday afternoon.
Iraq has also previously received 50,000 doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine, and is due to also receive Russian-made Sputnik vaccine in the coming weeks. Five thousand of the Sinopharm doses were gifted to the Kurdistan Region from China, with priority given to health workers on the frontlines of the fight against the virus.
The health ministry has also signed a deal with Pfizer for 1.5 million doses of its vaccine.
More than 17,000 citizens have received the vaccine in 24 hours, the ministry reported on Wednesday.
Hassan clarified that a recipient must take the two doses from the same institution that was identified, in addition to adhering to health measures such as social distancing and wearing a mask.
"The citizen who receives the vaccine is monitored between the two doses, in addition to keeping him/her waiting from 15 to 30 minutes in the health institution from which the vaccine was taken to monitor his/her condition." Hassan said.
Coronavirus cases have recently spiked in Iraq, with 6664 new cases reported on Wednesday. The country has so far registered over 850,924 cases, according to the health ministry.
The certificate will benefit people travelling to countries that may require vaccinations, according to Ruba Hassan, a member of the health ministry’s media office told state media outlet al-Sabah.
Hassan also mentioned that there may be places where employees or customers are expected to be vaccinated, especially in restaurants and malls.
Iraq has received 336,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the ministry announced on Thursday afternoon.
Iraq has also previously received 50,000 doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine, and is due to also receive Russian-made Sputnik vaccine in the coming weeks. Five thousand of the Sinopharm doses were gifted to the Kurdistan Region from China, with priority given to health workers on the frontlines of the fight against the virus.
The health ministry has also signed a deal with Pfizer for 1.5 million doses of its vaccine.
More than 17,000 citizens have received the vaccine in 24 hours, the ministry reported on Wednesday.
Hassan clarified that a recipient must take the two doses from the same institution that was identified, in addition to adhering to health measures such as social distancing and wearing a mask.
"The citizen who receives the vaccine is monitored between the two doses, in addition to keeping him/her waiting from 15 to 30 minutes in the health institution from which the vaccine was taken to monitor his/her condition." Hassan said.
Coronavirus cases have recently spiked in Iraq, with 6664 new cases reported on Wednesday. The country has so far registered over 850,924 cases, according to the health ministry.
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