A consultant medical biologist and genetic disease in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Aref Al-Omari, revealed that the Corona virus vaccine has reached the Kingdom, indicating that it is ready for use now.

The Saudi doctor said, in statements to the Saudi “Al-Akhbariya” channel on Sunday evening, “The elderly, people with chronic diseases, private care homes and health practitioners are the first groups to be vaccinated now,” indicating that “there is a mechanism that the Ministry of Health will announce in the near future.”

He pointed out that those targeted groups at the level of the Kingdom will receive the vaccine without distinguishing between one city and another, stressing that the vaccine is very safe.

Important contracts

And the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Muhammad Al-Abd Al-Aali, had mentioned earlier that the Kingdom was able to make very important contracts with companies developing the Coronavirus vaccine, indicating that Saudi Arabia will be one of the first countries in which the vaccine will be available.

The spokesman confirmed, at the Corona developments conference, that he will soon announce the registration mechanism to obtain the Coronavirus vaccine, after making sure that it is safe and effective.

And the Undersecretary of the Saudi Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al-Asiri, announced last month that the provision of the Corona vaccine will be free of charge for all citizens and residents in the Kingdom, expressing the ministry’s ambition that the vaccine will cover up to 70% of citizens and residents by the end of 2021.

SOURCE: ALQABAS