RAMALLAH-The Palestinian Authority said Friday it cancelled a deal that would have seen Israel provide it with one million Covid-19 vaccine doses as the jabs are "about to expire".
An initial delivery of Pfizer doses failed to conform "to the specifications contained in the agreement, and accordingly prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh instructed the minister of health to cancel the agreement," government spokesman Ibrahim Melhem said.
"The government refuses to receive vaccines that are about to expire," he added, in a statement carried by the official WAFA news agency.
Read more Region & World
Read More
1,449 Martyrs Since Resumption of Israeli Aggression on Gaza
Dozens of Extremist Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Under Protection of Israeli Occupation Forces
General Strike in Palestinian Territories in Protest Against Israeli Aggression
RAMALLAH-The Palestinian Authority said Friday it cancelled a deal that would have seen Israel provide it with one million
Covid-19 vaccine doses as the jabs are "about to expire".
An initial delivery of
Pfizer doses failed to conform "to the specifications contained in the agreement, and accordingly prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh instructed the minister of health to cancel the agreement," government spokesman Ibrahim Melhem said.
"The government refuses to receive vaccines that are about to expire," he added, in a statement carried by the official WAFA news agency.
Read more
Region & World
