A total of 50,000 doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government arrived in Iraq on Tuesday.

A staff member displays a sample of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (Sinopharm) in Beijing, capital of China, April 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)

The Iraqi health ministry said the vaccines will be given to people in all provinces free of charge.