Vaccine ‘shows no unexpected side effects’: Saudi health official

Vaccine ‘shows no unexpected side effects’: Saudi health official

Vaccine 'shows no unexpected side effects': Saudi health official

Vaccine 'shows no unexpected side effects': Saudi health official

Vaccine 'shows no unexpected side effects': Saudi health official

And government officials urged citizens to register via the Sehaty app for vaccination against the virus. (AFP)

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Vaccine 'shows no unexpected side effects': Saudi health official

"The mutation recorded in the UK does not cause an increase in the death rate“: Assiri

Updated 23 December 2020

JEDDAH: All those so far administered the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine were "healthy and well“ and showing no "unexpected“ side effects, the Saudi Health Ministry tweeted on Tuesday.

And government officials urged citizens to register via the Sehaty app for vaccination against the virus.

Health Ministry spokesman Dr. Mohammed Al-Abd Al-Aly, earlier rejected reports that a case of the new COVID-19 variant had been reported in the Kingdom but said studies continued to be carried out on the genetic sequencing of the virus.

While encouraging people to be vaccinated, the ministry pointed out that pregnant or breastfeeding women were among groups prohibited from taking the Pfizer-BioNTech treatment. Those suffering from severe allergic reactions requiring epinephrine injections were also barred from taking the vaccine.

Meanwhile, health officials on Tuesday held a scientific conference to discuss the latest developments