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Baku/04.11.21/Turan: 60% of Azerbaijan's adult population has been vaccinated against COVID-19.
This was stated today by President Ilham Aliyev addressing the VIII Global Baku Forum.
"More than half of the population over 18 years of age - 60% have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, i.e. received two doses of vaccine", the President said.
He noted that 13 new public hospitals with a bed capacity of 4,000 have been opened in the country.
Vaccination is carried out mainly with Sinovac, Pfizer. "The level of vaccination can be considered high, it is a state policy. The population treats it with high responsibility and we don't observe any anti-vaccination actions which simplifies our work", Aliyev continued.
According to him, the package of social support for population and business for 2020-2021 from the state budget amounted to $2,9 billion.
As of November 3, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in Azerbaijan is 537,004, with 7,153 deaths and 499,571 cured.-06D-
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