German envoy praises Saudi Arabia’s virus efforts

German envoy praises Saudi Arabia’s virus efforts

German envoy praises Saudi Arabia's virus efforts

German envoy praises Saudi Arabia's virus efforts

German envoy praises Saudi Arabia's virus efforts

German Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Jorg Ranau receives his vaccination at the Ministry of Health's center in Riyadh. (Supplied)

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German envoy praises Saudi Arabia's virus efforts

Health Ministry reports 137 new COVID-19 cases, 228 recoveries, 7 deaths

Updated 02 January 2021

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JEDDAH: German Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Jorg Ranau hailed the Kingdom's efforts in fighting the coronavirus while receiving his vaccination at the Ministry of Health's center in Riyadh recently.

"I'm very glad to live in Saudi Arabia right now where incidences of infected people with COVID-19 are much lower than other parts of the world,“ he told Al-Arabiya.

"Congratulations to Saudi Arabia, to the ministry, to its government, which puts people first, and this is the right way to do it,“ he said.

He praised the Kingdom's efforts in kick-starting the vaccination process. He noted that the mask he was wearing had "become the new normal,“ adding that this was about to change due to vaccine development.

The envoy said that the same Pfizer vaccine was also to be used in Germany.

"I'm also a little proud, because the vaccine being used is the the BioNTech Pfizer one,