Iraq has enough doses of COVID vaccine for everyone. But many Iraqis don’t trust it

By Jason Beaubien

Hussein Raad, a 22-year-old college student, gets his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at Zayoona Mall in Baghdad.

The vaccination rate is only 17%. People are scared and skeptical for many reasons. Now government health workers are trying to up the numbers. One strategy: vaccination booths in the mall.

(Image credit: Ahmed Kusy Mostafa)

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