Saudi Arabia will be ‘one of the first countries’ to receive COVID-19 vaccines
- Date: 12-Nov-2020
- Source: Arab News
- Sector:Healthcare
- Country:Saudi Arabia
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,