Damascus, April 25 (TIWN) Syria on Saturday received a batch of Covid-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government to help combat the pandemic.

Boxes of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccines were unloaded from the plane transporting them from China at the airport.  Al-Ghabash said that the long cooperation between China and Syria was crowned with the delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine, "which has passed the three testing phases and has been proven to be effective and safe."  The minister also expressed gratitude and thanks to the Chinese government for their ongoing support to Syria and the distinctive relations, which he hopes to continue for the interests of both countries and peoples.