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Yemen asks for 'balanced' vaccine donation at UN forum

Yemen has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the world, and suffering related to the COVID-19 pandemic is compounded by the ongoing war in the country.
A man receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center on the outskirts of Marib province, Yemen, July 7, 2021.

Yemen’s top diplomat is pleading with the international community to send more coronavirus vaccines to war-torn Yemen.

Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak spoke at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York on Monday. He spent much of his speech criticizing the Iran-backed Houthi movement, which is at war with the internationally recognized Yemeni government. Mubarak then turned his attention to the coronavirus pandemic in Yemen, and the country’s lack of vaccines.

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