A COVID-19 vaccination drive in the north of Syria is due to start on Saturday and will initially target medical and humanitarian staff.
The elderly, public sector workers and people with chronic illness will be vaccinated in the second phase as part of plans announced on Thursday by the Idlib Health Directorate and the Syria Vaccine Team.
The programme will cover an area starting from northern Aleppo countryside to Idlib countryside, and will involve 93 teams.
Syria's last rebel-held enclave received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines last week, with a refrigerated truck offloading over 50,000 United Nations-secured jabs in the overcrowded province.
The first batch of vaccines come as the war-torn country experiences a new surge in infections, overwhelming hospitals already reeling from conflict and deteriorating health care services.
The AstraZeneca vaccines were delivered to Idlib province through a border crossing with Turkey, the northwestern territory's only gateway to the outside world.
AP
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