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BAGHDAD — Iraq launched its coronavirus inoculation program Tuesday just hours after the first doses of vaccine arrived from China, a Health Ministry spokesman said. The program kicked off as Iraq comes to grips with a second wave of the coronavirus. At dawn, a C-130 military plane arrived in Baghdad with 50,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses gifted by China. More were expected as Iraq’s government has allocated funds to secure 1.5 million vaccines from Pfizer and signed a contract for 2 million more from AstraZeneca. Health Minister Hasan al-Tamimi was the first to receive the vaccine. He was followed by other...
