By: Times News Service
Muscat: The Ministry of Health continues to vaccinate the target groups in the first phase of the national immunization campaign against Covid 19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.
A statement issued online by Oman News Agency (ONA), said : The Ministry of Health is going ahead with the vaccination of target segments of society against coronavirus (COVID-19) as part of the first stage of the National Campaign for Immunisation Against COVID-19 (First Stage). The Ministry is conducting second dose vaccination using (Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca) in Muscat Governorate in four locations all days of the week, except Fridays and Saturdays.
Muscat: The COVID-19 vaccination campaign that kicked off in Oman’s capital yesterday is continuing with vigor across all the governorates in the Sultanate.
Oman’s Minister of Health Dr. Ahmed Al Saeedi said that the vaccine will be free for both residents and citizens in the target group.
The Minister also confirmed that the vaccine is distributed to all governorates of the Sultanate, according to the priorities of the eligible groups set by the technical team.
January will see the arrival of another 28,000 doses, Dr. Ahmed informed. With every person taking the vaccine required to have two jabs for effective completion of the vaccination, the first phase is expected to provide inoculation for 7,500 people, including citizens and residents of the Sultanate.