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Health Ministry Undersecretary of Public Health Dr Hani Joukhadar expected to exceed the percentage required to achieve community immunity against the Corona virus by the end of the third quarter of this year, after which the precautionary measures can be relaxed.
He explained, during his speech to the “MBC” program in the week today (Saturday), that access to community immunity is achieved by vaccination of the greatest number, or infections that infect the population, and that they avoid the latter.
He pointed out that the fact that those who have taken the vaccine do not exceed half a million is due to the existing quantities of vaccine, indicating that the contract with Pfizer includes the arrival of 100,000 doses each week, provided the number increases. successively, in addition to working on the approval of other vaccines by the General Authority for Food and Pharmaceuticals.
And he indicated that the existing amount of Corona vaccine covers the second dose for a large group of those who took the first.
And he stressed the need to maintain precautionary measures by spacing out and wearing the muzzle, saying some people have started to be lenient after providing vaccines.
When will the new vaccines approved with the Pfizer vaccine arrive? And when will the precautionary measures be lifted? How soon is the virus’s existence expected to end in Saudi Arabia?
Dr .. Hani Joukhdar, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Public Health, answers questions@jokhdarh#MBCinAweek# MBC1 pic.twitter.com/lpBpIk6Qbt
MBC Week (@MBCinaWeek) 23 January 2021
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