Saudi Arabia will be ‘one of the first countries’ to receive COVID-19 vaccines

Saudi Arabia will be ‘one of the first countries’ to receive COVID-19 vaccines

Saudi Arabia will be 'one of the first countries' to receive COVID-19 vaccines

Saudi Arabia will be 'one of the first countries' to receive COVID-19 vaccines

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Saudi Arabia will be 'one of the first countries' to receive COVID-19 vaccines

Agreement signed for early supplies; daily total of new confirmed cases in Kingdom dips back below 400

Updated 12 November 2020

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JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement to receive early supplies of two or three different vaccines that have reached the final stages of their clinical trials, according to Abdullah Al-Assiri, assistant deputy minister for preventive health.

"Saudi Arabia will be one of the first countries to receive the vaccines,“ he said during an interview on Saudia TV on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the daily total of new coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia has dropped below 400 again,