Fifth batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is to arrive in Kuwait on Sunday, local media reported.
Event Location
Kuwait , Kuwait
Start Time
26 February 2021, 12:00 AM
End Time
31 March 2021, 12:00 AM
The fifth shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is to arrive in Kuwait on Sunday, according to Al Jarida reports.
So far, Kuwait has received around 550,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, 150,000 in the first shipment and 100,000 in every other shipment following, a source told Al Jarida.
Last week, the Minister of Health, Dr Basel Al Sabah, revealed that out of the 454,000 people who have registered for the vaccine, 238,000 are non-Kuwaitis.
Of the 215,000 Kuwaitis who registered, so far 119,000 of them received the jab, Dr Basel pointed out.
Kuwait has received one shipment of the Oxford vaccine, which contained around 200,000 doses. A second shipment is expected to arrive during the first week of March with around 400,000 doses.
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