The Assads were in ‘stable condition’ and planned to isolate themselves for two or three weeks, the statement said.
Syria has recorded at least 45,879 positive Covid-19 cases and 2,023 total deaths based on cumulative numbers from multiple local medical authorities, but a complete picture of the outbreak in the country was hard to come by.
Damascus received its first shipment of vaccines from an unnamed “friendly” country on March 1, according to the Syrian state news agency. The name and quantities of the vaccines were not stated in the statement.
Other areas in Syria, including rebel-occupied and Kurdish-occupied sites, have not yet received vaccines.
The British-born wife of the Syrian president is a high-profile figure who assisted Assad during the civil war. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and has since recovered.