Saudi Arabia launches drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination centres

Saudi Arabia launches drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination centres

Saudi Arabia has launched drive-thru coronavirus vaccination stations in Riyadh, Mecca, Medina and Abha, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.The Kingdom has already administered over 780,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.Saudi Arabia's health authorities launched the second phase of the coronavirus vaccination campaign on February 18, giving more categories of people the first dose of the vaccine, widening the reach of vaccination availability across the Kingdom and increasing accessibility with more daily appointments.The Kingdom's Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) approved the Pfizer/BioNtech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines against COVID-19.The Saudi National Committee for Infectious Diseases approved giving only one dose to individuals who have previously been infected with the virus, given six months after recovery as a “booster natural immunity.”Comments Read Next2 hours agoOman closes all commercial activities from March 45 hours agoOman records new COVID-19 mutants including South African strain5 hours agoUAE reports 2,526 new coronavirus cases, 17 deaths5 hours agoSaudi Arabia reports 317 coronavirus cases, 6 deaths13 hours agoBahrain: 617 new coronavirus cases announced1 day agoKuwait records 962 new coronavirus cases1 day agoSaudi Arabia records 6 more COVID-19 deaths1 day agoOman's COVID-19 caseload reaches 141,4961 day agoUAE records 2,930 new Covid-19 cases, 8 deaths1 day agoKuwait records 844 new Covid-19 cases,