TRNC receives more EU vaccines

The TRNC on Thursday received another 2,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, sent by the EU, via the Metehan border checkpoint with south Cyprus.

The vaccines were delivered at 9am through the bicommunal technical committee on health.

The Bi-Communal Health Committee Co-Chair Doctor Cenk Soydan, who received the vaccines, said that the AstraZeneca vaccines will be used immediately for people between 55 and 65.

The TRNC have already received 4,500 PfizerBiontec jabs through the EU in January and February.

Turkey has also delivered 80,000 Sinovac doses to the TRNC.