"VACCINATION CAMPAIGN"

The first COVAX shipment of 348,000 doses of AstraZeneca ‘Covishield’ vaccines safely arrived in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu before being distributed to provinces and municipalities across the country. WHO

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Representative in India, Yasmin Ali Haque, called for “investment in the services that are critical for children to remain healthy, for them to thrive, and also to recover from the trauma that they are facing” during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNIFEED / UNICEF FILE

The World Health Organization’s Representative in India, Dr Roderico Ofrin, said the country’s COVID-19 crisis is multi-factorial and stressed the need to be “ahead of the game” in terms of response and preparedness as the “tools are the same.” UN NEWS / UNIFEED

The arrival in Kabul of 468,000 doses of the COVISHIELD vaccine marked a milestone moment, as Afghanistan is the first country in central Asia to receive the vaccine via the COVAX – the facility that is set to deliver at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021. WHO

With violence flaring across Syria, chief United Nations mediator calls for ‘new means’ of international discussion, as Security Council explores options.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Warming Sudan-South Sudan ties yet to deliver ‘change on the ground’, peacekeeping chief tells Security Council, in briefing on disputed Abyei region.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A consignment of 256,800 doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccine, from the Serum Institute of India, arrived in Syria through the COVAX facility. This first batch of the COVID-19 vaccines will be allocated to frontline health workers, including those in northeast Syria. UNICEF