Thu 16 December 2021:
Late Tuesday, the US special envoy to Afghanistan announced that the US will donate 1 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to Afghanistan.
“The United States has offered the people of Afghanistan one million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses through #COVAX,” Thomas West said on Twitter.
With the additional vaccine doses, the total number of doses donated by the US to Afghanistan will reach 4.3 million, according to the envoy.
He stated that the aid will be added to the $474 million in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan this year.
According to a report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid, Afghanistan is among the top five countries in need of humanitarian assistance.
The United Nations estimates that 22.8 million Afghans, or more than half of the population, will face severe food shortages during the winter months.
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