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Malta receives praise from WHO top brass after donating vaccines and testing kits to Libya

Malta receives praise from WHO top brass after donating vaccines and testing kits to Libya
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The Maltese government’s donation of 40,000 COVID-19 vaccines and 40,000 Rapid COVID-19 kits to Libya has been met with praise from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top brass.

Following a tweet from Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne noting the donation, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took a moment to express his gratitude via the social media site, with WHO Europe Regional Director Hans Kluge also commenting on the move.

Kluge thanked Fearne and the Maltese government, going on to praise Malta’s altruistic act saying “You show that international solidarity & national leadership go hand in hand: No one is safe until everyone is safe”. The consignment of vaccines and testing kits was flown to Tripoli this morning through Air Malta.

Libya has registered a total of 284,618 COVID-19 infections and 3,933 deaths so far, with 862,974 people having received the vaccine out of a 6.9 million strong population.

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