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The guardian of the two holy mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, received the first dose of the Corona vaccine in Neom on Friday.
The Minister of Health thanked Dr Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, the Guardian of the Two Holy Mosques, who has given all his support for all that is in the interest of the citizen and residing in the land of the Kingdom from the beginning. of the pandemic so far.
Al-Rabiah said: “Today the Guardian of the Two Holy Mosques received the vaccine, out of desire, God grant him peace, to prevent this virus, and this initiative on his part confirms that the politics of the Kingdom lie in prevention always before treatment. “
Case of mutated Corona
It should be noted that the spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Health, Muhammad Al-Abd Al-Aali, revealed at a press conference on Thursday that cases of people infected with the mutated Corona virus had been detected. .
He said: “We recently detected 10 cases of people infected with viral mutations, and we have traced everyone who came in contact with them, and none of them were found infected.
In addition, he pointed out that the coronavirus has continued to mutate since its emergence, and that scientists and specialists have monitored thousands of mutations over the past year.
Health passport
Regarding vaccinations in the Kingdom, he pointed out that more than one million people have signed up to receive the vaccine, adding that more than 137,000 have been vaccinated to date.
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As for the health passport, he announced that it was inaugurated today in Saudi Arabia, stressing that it will help cope with the pandemic.
Earlier today, Saudi Minister of Health Tawfiq Al-Rabiah and the head of the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SADAYA) launched a “health passport” service via the application (Tawakolna), with the aim of confirming that the person has completed all doses of the vaccine (Covid-19) and has become “immune”. Against the virus.
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It should be noted that the Kingdom has, for weeks, recorded a low number of Corona cases. On January 3, he recorded for the first time in 9 months, less than 100 injured. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced on its Twitter account 82 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded.
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