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More than 85% of population inoculated as Qatar’s COVID-19 vax campaign completes full year
Tribune News Network
Doha
Qatar has vaccinated more than 85 percent of its population as it marked a full year since of the start of the national inoculation campaign against COVID-19, Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, the Chair of Qatar National Health Strategic Group on COVID-19, has said.
He said, more than 5 million doses of various COVID-19 vaccines have been administered during the period, which saw the country bringing down daily infections from above 2,000 to around 200.
“The credit for the success of the national vaccination campaign was the result of the cooperation of all members of the society, and this is evidence of the community’s confidence in the safety and security of vaccination, despite the spread of false information about the safety of vaccination,” Dr Khal said.
Addressing a press conference in Doha on Thursday, Dr Khal said The Ministry of Public Health’s plan to tackle COVID-19 is successful by all standards.
Tribune News Network
Doha
Qatar has vaccinated more than 85 percent of its population as it marked a full year since of the start of the national inoculation campaign against COVID-19, Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, the Chair of Qatar National Health Strategic Group on COVID-19, has said.
He said, more than 5 million doses of various COVID-19 vaccines have been administered during the period, which saw the country bringing down daily infections from above 2,000 to around 200.
“The credit for the success of the national vaccination campaign was the result of the cooperation of all members of the society, and this is evidence of the community’s confidence in the safety and security of vaccination, despite the spread of false information about the safety of vaccination,” Dr Khal said.
Addressing a press conference in Doha on Thursday, Dr Khal said The Ministry of Public Health’s plan to tackle COVID-19 is successful by all standards.