Bahrain becomes second country to approve Pfizer vaccine – news

Bareín became the second country to approve the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19.

Thus, the country, which includes more than 30 islands in the Persian Gulf, has authorized the use of the vaccine, after learning this week that the United Kingdom had authorized the application.

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“The approval of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine will provide an important additional element to the kingdom’s national action against Covid-19, which has strongly insisted on protecting the health of citizens and residents during the pandemic,” he added. he declares. Mariam Al Jalahma, director of the country’s national health regulatory body, in a statement released by the Bahrain News Agency.

Although information on the approval was given, Al Jalahma did not specify the scheduled dates for the vaccination.

For her part, Lindsey Dietschi, head of Pfizer in the Gulf, said: “This clearance is the goal we worked towards when we first declared that science would win.”

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Bareín is located off the coast of Saudi Arabia and has a population of 1.6 million. Since the start of the pandemic, it has recorded more than 87,000 cases and 341 deaths from Covid-19, according to official figures. In addition, he recovered more than 85,000.

The island kingdom had already authorized the Chinese vaccine manufactured by Sinopharm and applied it to 6,000 people.