As Lebanon prepares to receive its first Covid-19 vaccines, the World Bank has said it would closely monitor the inoculation campaign that it has helped finance to ensure the shots go to those most in need, Reuters reports.

In its first operation funding the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines, the World Bank reallocated $34 million from an existing health project in Lebanon to help the country finance its vaccination drive.

“We will monitor fair and transparent distribution to priority groups,” Ferid Belhaj, the lender’s regional vice president for MENA, tweeted. He said that included health workers and people aged over 65.

The bank said it had signed an agreement for the Red Cross to oversee monitoring.