(MENAFN- IANS)
Kabul, May 28 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it will begin its Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Afghanistan from June.
According to the global health body, the campaign will cover 34 provinces and target more than 5 million people aged 18 years and above, TOLO News reported.
WHO figures have revealed that as of May 22, a total of 6,118,557 vaccine doses against the virus have been administered in Afghanistan.
Since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, the war-torn nation has reported a total of 179,835 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with 7,699 deaths.
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