Poland sends half million COVID-19 vaccines to Laos

Poland has donated half a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the southeast Asian state of Laos, the Polish foreign ministry has announced.

Poland has donated half a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the southeast Asian state of Laos, officials have announced.

Photo: Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs/TT @MSZ_RP

It shared the news on Twitter, saying the shipment was another delivery for that country.

“Together we are fighting the coronavirus pandemic around the world,” the Polish foreign ministry tweeted.

Kolejny transport szczepionek przeciw #COVID19 dotarł do Laosu 🇱🇦, tym razem w liczbie 500 tys. dawek.

Razem walczymy z pandemią koronawirusa na całym świecie! 🌏#SolidarityPL 🇵🇱🤝🇱🇦 pic.twitter.com/QeKfQObDTn

— Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych RP 🇵🇱 (@MSZ_RP) December 21, 2021

Earlier this month Poland provided Laos with 138,000 vaccine doses, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

Laos has asked the international community for help amid record levels of daily COVID-19 cases, according to the Polish foreign ministry.

Poland’s vaccine reserves are sufficient to satisfy domestic demand and assist other countries in need, officials said.

The country has previously delivered COVID-19 jabs to Egypt, Vietnam, Taiwan, Kenya, Ukraine, Australia, Norway, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Rwanda and the Philippines, among other recipients, the PAP news agency reported, citing the foreign ministry in Warsaw.

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Source: PAP