Provide Corona vaccines “for free” in community pharmacies

Health Minister Dr Tawfiq Al-Rabiah announced that vaccines against the emerging corona virus will soon be available for free at community pharmacies.

The Food and Drug Authority of the Kingdom has authorized the use of the British vaccine “AstraZeneca” against the Corona virus (Covid-19). The decision provided for authorizing it to be imported on the basis of the data submitted to it, after having examined it in all its details according to a precise scientific methodology.

And the health ministry has announced that it will only give a single dose of the emerging corona virus vaccine to those who have already been infected with the virus, and the dose will be 6 months after they recover, according to the decision. of the National. Committee on Infectious Diseases.

The official spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Dr Muhammad Al-Abd Al-Aali, confirmed earlier that the acceleration in the curve of confirmed infections has become less than it was, and that this does not mean reassuring, but rather continues compliance with precautionary measures, leading to positive effects, and indicated that health services continue in all centers and establishments affiliated with the Ministry of Health, in particular providing consultations and reviews.

The health spokesperson warned that virus vaccines have been shown to be effective in protecting individuals and that “everything that has been published about deaths or severe symptoms from vaccines has been like false and inaccurate information. the next steps, we will be present in all regions of the Kingdom, with higher absorption and speed.

The Ministry of Health has called on community members to benefit from the services of the “Tatman” clinics, which it has prepared to serve all those who experience symptoms of Corona (high temperature, shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, headache. throat, diarrhea, loss of smell and taste), and to provide them with the necessary medical care and treatment. She explained that the clinics can be visited without making an appointment and that they are in some health centers and hospitals in all parts of the Kingdom, and they work 24 hours a day, and some for 16 hours, seven days a week.

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