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Kuwait to vaccinate 1 mn people by end of Ramadan

Corona Update Kuwait City 17 Apr 21
Kuwait  to vaccinate 1 mn people by end of Ramadan
Kuwait Ministry of Health is ramping up its vaccination campaign as it aims to vaccinate around one million people by the end of Ramadan, local media reported.
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Kuwait , Kuwait
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Kuwait City
Start Time
17 April 2021, 12:00 AM
End Time
30 April 2021, 12:00 AM

Kuwait is on track to vaccinate one million people by end of Ramadan.

Kuwait has been working on ramping up testing to achieve its goal of vaccinating two million people by September.

While the Ministry of Health has not indicated the exact number of people that have been vaccinated (either receiving the first or both doses), local media is reporting that around 800,000 residents and citizens have been vaccinated.

The Ministry of Health's spokesman, Dr. Abdullah Al Sanad, announced in a press conference that all citizens and expats above age 65 who registered for the vaccine have been inoculated.

In recent weeks, Kuwait began raising the number of people it vaccinates per day and has begun vaccinating people working in supermarkets and mosques.

The speeded up vaccination process occurs as Kuwait received the second batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine last week. It is estimated that the shipment contained around 129,000 doses.

New vaccination centres have popped up around the country. Al Sanad said that seven new centres have begun working as of Sunday, bringing the total number of sites to 22.


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