Oman among first few countries to get Covid-19 vaccine, says Al Saidi
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al Saidi, Minister of Health, member of the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has reaffirmed that the Sultanate was among the first countries to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine in a set of 42 countries around the world (that applied for the drug).
Dr. Ahmed pointed out that the Sultanate’s access to the vaccine came as a result of the support of His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik to the national anti-COVID-19 immunisation campaign and his determination that the Sultanate be among the leading countries in receiving the vaccine.