Thursday, June 24, 2021
Start of giving 2nd dose of Corona vaccine to people over 50 years of age with a Condition
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health begins giving the second dose of the Corona vaccine to those who are over the age of 50 years by Hijri date.
However they should have passed 42 days after receiving their first dose, while continuing the program for providing the first dose to those who did not receive it yet until now.
- Yesterday, Ministry stated that the National Committee for Infectious Diseases had approved the possibility of taking the first and second doses of two different vaccines against Corona virus. Trending : Saudi Arabia approves receiving 2nd dose of Corona vaccine with different vaccine
- The program of vaccination against Corona was able to cover 70% of the adult population in Saudi Arabia, and that the number of vaccine doses given exceeded 16.96 million (16,967,073) doses, through more than 587 vaccination centers in all regions.
- Today, Saudi Arabia confirmed 1,255 new corona cases after conducting 91,021 tests, the ministry also reports 1,247 new recoveries and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours.
- Total corona infections in the Kingdom climbs to 479,390 infections, 460,338 recoveries and 7,730 deaths, The health ministry has conducted 21.31 million (21,310,136) tests to detect Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. Recommend : Tawakkalna app new version includes these all services
- Saudi Arabia's active corona cases reaches to 11,322 of which 1,451 are critical and are in intensive cares. Jeddah tops with 1,317 active infections, Makkah with 975 and Riyadh with 904 active cases.
