yota691 Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Iraq announces the start of the vaccination campaign against Corona with the Chinese vaccine The Minister of Health and Environment supervises the arrival of the Chinese vaccine meal to Iraq March 02, 2021 02:32 PM Mubasher: The Iraqi Minister of Health and Environment, Hassan Muhammad Al-Tamimi, supervised today, Tuesday, the arrival of the Chinese vaccine meal (Sinopharm) to Iraq, in the presence of the Chinese ambassador to Iraq, the personal secretary of the prime minister, Lieutenant-General Muhammad Al-Bayati, and the commander of the air force. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health, the minister thanked the Republic of China for the great cooperation with the Iraqi government and the Ministry of Health in facing the Corona pandemic and activating agreements that would eliminate the virus and prevent its spread. Al-Tamimi confirmed that it was agreed with the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Iraq to urgently supply two million doses of Sinopharma vaccine, in addition to the rest of the Ministry's previous contracts to cover the largest proportion of Iraqi citizens. Today, the Ministry of Health announced the start of the currency of vaccinating citizens with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, after it began to be distributed to a number of health departments in several cities, in addition to sending a quantity of doses to Kurdistan. The Health Crisis Cell confirmed that the vaccine is safe and effective, noting that the process of taking the vaccine is free and optional. The committee stated that the first dose of the Corona vaccine targets the most vulnerable groups. Medical and health personnel, members of the army and the armed forces, the elderly and people with chronic diseases. Earlier, the Iraqi Ministry of Health requested the Supreme Committee for Health and National Safety to approve the entry of Iraq into the Kafi coalition (Kovacs facility) and under the umbrella of the World Health Organization, which includes 190 countries for the purpose of obtaining the Corona vaccine and ensuring fair distribution. The agreement was signed with the Kovacs facility; After the Supreme Committee for National Health and Safety approved Iraq's accession to the Union in September 2020; To provide Iraq with an amount sufficient for 20% of the population based on the mechanism approved in the facility for all participating countries, by 16 million doses of vaccine, and $ 169.74 million was paid to the Kovacs facility for the value of this quantity. Nominations: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielchu Posted March 2, 2021 Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 So you start it then you claim to kill it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted March 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 The first Iraqi official to receive a Corona virus vaccine (video) 2021.03.02 - 14:43 Baghdad - People The Director of Al-Karkh Health Department, Jasb Al-Hijami, received the Coronavirus vaccine, as part of the campaign launched by the Ministry to vaccinate against the virus. Al-Karkh Health Director Jaseb Al-Hijami receives the Coronavirus vaccine pic.twitter.com/8OlDX6DR1m 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted March 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 The start of the first vaccinations with the Corona vaccine in Iraq Time: 03/2021 12:12:15 Read: 4,355 times (Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Ministry of Health and Environment confirmed, today, Tuesday, that the first vaccination with the Corona vaccine will be conducted today, in the Medical City Department in Baghdad. "The ministry will start today the first vaccination process for an Iraqi citizen, in the presence of Minister Hassan Al-Tamimi," the ministry’s spokesman, Saif Al-Badr, said in a press conference. He added, "The Chinese vaccine arrived in Iraq at dawn today, Tuesday, and we began distributing it to health departments in Al-Karkh, Rusafa, City of Medicine, and the rest of the provinces, and we sent a number of doses to Kurdistan." Al-Badr explained, "The Ministry of Health has identified more than 600 centers and 60 hospitals to vaccinate citizens with the Corona vaccine," indicating that "vaccines are present in the vaccination centers." Regarding the Pfizer vaccine, the spokesman emphasized, "his ministry contacted directly with the company producing the vaccine, and we provided the refrigerators for its storage, and we seized one million and 525 thousand doses." Al-Badr pointed out that "16 million doses will arrive in Iraq from the Kovacs facility, after we relied on it to provide vaccines." He stated, "The ministry launched yesterday a special application for citizens to reserve the vaccine, and it is available in both Arabic and Kurdish. Citizens of the groups covered can book directly." 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted March 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2021 Barzani: We are cooperating with Baghdad to secure the region's share of Corona vaccines Time: 03/02/2021 21:44:41 Read: 1,729 times {Baghdad: Al Furat News} The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, issued a statement on Tuesday regarding the arrival of the Corona virus vaccine to Iraq, stressing "continued cooperation with the federal government to ensure the region's share of the vaccine in subsequent batches." Barzani said in his statement that the Euphrates News received a copy of it, that “I am pleased that the first shipments of the anti-virus vaccine (Covid-19) provided by China have arrived in the Kurdistan region, and we can only thank the Republic of China for this humanitarian assistance for what it constitutes an important step In efforts to combat the epidemic and protect doctors and frontline staff. "The vaccines will be provided in designated centers in all governorates after preparing the distribution plan, provided that they are given to groups facing the epidemic and its risks on the front lines," he added. Barzani added, "The Kurdistan Regional Government is working, in cooperation with the federal government, to obtain the vaccine and ensure that the region's share is granted, and we are in direct contact with the leading companies producing the vaccine to obtain more of it." Securing a vaccine for every Kurdish citizen as soon as possible. He added, "Certainly, this task will not be easy, but we must provide the vaccine to more than six million Kurdish citizens, as the regional government is working at the present time to put in place a comprehensive vaccination program for the population of the region, which initially includes health teams, frontline employees and members of the security services." The elderly and those at risk of contracting the epidemic, then it will include the largest number of citizens according to the ages and approved regulations, "hoping that after this stage we will be able to return to our lives and improve our economic situation." Barzani concluded his statement, "I am sure that we can restore the situation to its previous state, and of course the Kurdistan Regional Government cannot undertake this task alone. I urge citizens in general to cooperate and exercise their usual role by adhering to health guidelines and preventive measures for the sake of the public interest and the protection of society as a whole." And the Minister of Health in the Kurdistan Region, Saman Barzanji, announced, on Tuesday, the arrival of the Chinese vaccine for the new Corona virus in the region. Barzanji said during a press conference in the presence of the Chinese consul in Erbil, "The first dose of the Chinese vaccine amounts to 5000 doses, which represents part of the Chinese vaccine that arrived in Iraq from China, indicating that the vaccine is called (Sinopharma)." He added, "According to the plan of the Ministry of Health, the vaccine will be given to the medical and health staff in the first rows to confront Corona, then it will be given to the rest of the citizens, indicating that the Sinopharm vaccine is sent from China as an aid to Iraq and the Kurdistan region." Wafa Al-Fatlawi 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted March 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 Global Health: Corona infections are stable, and Iraq will witness an abundance of vaccines Wednesday 03 March 2021 122 Baghdad: Hazem Muhammad Habib Hoda Al-Azzawi In Baghdad Medical City Hospital, the vaccination process with the "Sinopharm" anti-corona virus vaccine began, while the Ministry of Health agreed with China to supply two million doses of the vaccine. In conjunction with this, the World Health Organization in Iraq said that the epidemiological situation in Iraq has become stable after witnessing a rapid increase in the number of infections in the past period, while confirming that the country will witness a great abundance of vaccines. The head of the emergency team in the organization, Wael Hatahat, told Al-Sabah: “The spread of the new strain, which is faster in transmission and infection, was a matter of concern, but the organization noticed during the past week a stability in the number of infections and not a decrease.” And that "the stability of the number of injuries will be positive and give signs that the epidemiological situation has begun to stabilize somewhat," noting that "it is difficult to judge completely." He pointed out that "the provinces that did not show the rapid rise is likely to witness an increase in the number of injuries during the coming period, which must focus on and deal with." Regarding vaccinations, Hatahat emphasized that “the organization is happy with the arrival of the first round of vaccinations, and it is not the vaccines that will come through the Kovacs facility, which will secure vaccines from next week, and there will be an abundance of those vaccines at least to secure the first phase of vaccination, and there will be more vaccinations during next period". He added, "During the past period, the World Health Organization has equipped the Ministry of Health with large quantities of laboratory testing devices for the Coronavirus, in addition to protective equipment for the Ministry of Health's staff, and that the coming period will witness the Ministry supplying additional shipments of laboratory testing devices and personal protective equipment and protection equipment." "The date of the arrival of these shipments is not specified until now because it is linked to the support of the donor countries, but of course it will arrive very soon." For its part, the Ministry of Health stated in a statement that Minister Hassan Al-Tamimi had agreed with the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Iraq to urgently supply two million doses of "Sinopharma" vaccine, in addition to the rest of the Ministry's previous contracts to cover the largest proportion of citizens. Yesterday, Ministry of Health spokesman Saif Al-Badr announced the start of the vaccination process with the "Sinopharma" vaccine against Corona at the Medical City Hospital in Baghdad. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted March 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 A big jump in Corona injuries in Iraq Time: 03/03/2021 15:36:13 Read: 1,508 times {Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Health and Environment recorded a big jump in the number of Corona virus infections in the country. According to the epidemiological situation of the pandemic, the number of injuries during the past 24 hours amounted to 5173, the number of recovery cases 3463, and the number of deaths 25 cases. Ammar Al-Masoudi 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shixjr Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 According to their numbers, the deaths were less than 1/2 of 1% of the infections. Not really what I would call a pandemic. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesoldier Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 57 minutes ago, shixjr said: According to their numbers, the deaths were less than 1/2 of 1% of the infections. Not really what I would call a pandemic. Too right....but the game is rigged & the table tilted 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted March 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2021 A "good" turnout for vaccination in the provinces Thursday 04 March 2021 64 Baghdad - Governorates: Al-Sabah Correspondents Provincial health departments have recorded good demand for vaccination with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. The director of Najaf Health Information, Salem Nehme, told Al-Sabah: “The department started giving the Corona vaccine to citizens after the arrival of the first batch of 1800 doses sufficient for 900 people.” He added, "The vaccination campaign was launched yesterday in the health center of Al-Adala neighborhood, and will continue until the arrival of other batches of the vaccine in the coming days." In Salah al-Din, Assistant Director of the Health Department, Omar Sabah Shafiq, told Al-Sabah that "the vaccination campaign was launched after receiving quantities of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted March 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2021 Global Health ships two large rounds of vaccines to Iraq on these dates Time: 03/10/2021 16:12:54 Read: 1,352 times (Baghdad: Al Furat News) The World Health Organization announced, on Wednesday, the shipment of two large meals of the Corona vaccine to Iraq. The permanent representative of Iraq to the United Nations office in Geneva confirmed during his meeting with the Director-General of the World Health Organization that a large batch of Corona vaccines will arrive in Iraq. The Director-General of the Organization confirmed that the first round of vaccines will arrive in Iraq, amounting to (568,000) doses, and they will be shipped to Iraq on 3/15/2021, and the second batch of (1,157,000) doses will be shipped on 4/15/2021, and the rest of the doses bought by Iraq will be shipped. And the number of 16 million doses, respectively. Raghad Daham 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Corona in Iraq ... a decrease in injuries and an increase in deaths Political| 04:12 - 23/03/2021 Corona in Iraq ... a decrease in injuries and an increase in deaths 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckFinley Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 If I was the Kurds I would make sure everyone else was taking it and I do not mean the guys doing 25 to life either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmartin1145 Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 And who is in bed with who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesoldier Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 25 minutes ago, jmartin1145 said: And who is in bed with who? ....and I’ll bet no one shaves either...eeesh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmartin1145 Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, horsesoldier said: ....and I’ll bet no one shaves either...eeesh Thats a good one, but I was talking about the world health orgasm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsesoldier Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, jmartin1145 said: Thats a good one, but I was talking about the world health orgasm. Well, they have poor hygiene as well Edited March 24, 2021 by horsesoldier 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shixjr Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 11 hours ago, jmartin1145 said: Thats a good one, but I was talking about the world health orgasm. Wow! I wasn't aware we had one of those! You mean I have been missing it all these years? 😂😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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