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The head of the Lebanese-Russian Business Council, Jack Al-Sarraf, said today in a statement to “Sputnik” that the first batch of the Russian vaccine will arrive in Lebanon next week, as part of the implementation of a contract concluded by the Company. “Pharma Trade” of the Malia Group, which he chairs. Cashier, includes millions of doses.
Al-Sarraf noted that the vaccine will be available in hospitals at a “cost,” that is, $ 38 for the two doses, and the price of the injection can be added, unless provided by the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
And the Minister of Health in the interim government, Hamad Hassan, said on February 17, after his meeting with the Russian ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Rudakov: “We tried to import the vaccine through private companies, but it did not work for two reasons. : because there is a decision of the Russian Investment Fund to cooperate only through the Ministry of Public Health, and because the conditions for the transportation of the vaccine require ensuring a temperature of less than eighteen degrees (-18), which requires the Need for the Ministry of Public Health to monitor the method of importation, distribution and vaccination for the target groups.
It should be noted that the Scientific Technical Committee, formed by Hassan to search the registry of vaccines provided by the private sector, allowed, on February 5, to issue the permit for the emergency use of the “Sputnik” vaccine.
