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Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq receives AstraZeneca vaccine

Some countries have suspended the British-Swedish vaccine due to its association with blood clots, though the European Union still recommends its use. The KRG previously received a small amount of Chinese vaccine doses.

Covid testing in Sulaimaniyah
An Iraqi Kurdish woman tests for COVID-19 on Oct. 12, 2020, at a hospital in the northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, which has seen high death rates from the coronavirus. — SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq has obtained tens of thousands more COVID-19 vaccine doses. 

KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani announced Friday that 43,800 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine have arrived in the autonomous part of northern Iraq. 

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