More than 1200 private companies apply for COVID vaccines in Oman

More than 1200 private companies apply for COVID vaccines in Oman

Muscat: More than 1, 200 companies have applied for COVID-19 vaccines in Oman, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Health. The ministry plans to distribute all of the vaccines due to the companies by July. Speaking exclusively to the Times of Oman, Ibrahim Al Rashdi, the Assistant Director for Medical Supplies at the ministry, said companies began submitting vaccine requests in the first week of May of this year. "There was a great turnout from private companies and institutions," he said. "Before the end of the registration period on 10 June, we received requests from more than 1, 200 organisations. We have about 500 companies that have reserved less than 120 doses, at the rate of two doses per head, and about another 500 that have reserved less than a thousand doses," he added. "The most vaccines reserved by a single company was one that has about 5, 000 employees working in the private sector," he added. "Because of this, we have received funds ranging from OMR40 for two doses for a single employee, to more than OMR200, 000, which was intended to vaccinate these 5, 000 private sector workers." Companies began receiving vaccines after the registration