Pfizer, an American pharmaceutical company. AFP=Yonhap News
– On the 10th (local time), the Saudi Arabian government, which approved the use of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German Bioentech, began applications for applicants for corona 19 vaccination on the 15th.
The Saudi state-run SPA reported that the government started registration work for those who wish to receive the Corona 19 vaccine. Saudi citizens and foreign residents can apply for vaccination through a smartphone application. The vaccination is free.
Vaccination is optional for Saudi residents, and senior citizens over 65 years of age and health workers will be given the vaccine first.
A 90-year-old woman was vaccinated for the first time in the world in the UK on the 8th, and Sandra Lindsay, a black female nurse working at Long Island Zooish Hospital in Queens, New York, was the first to get the vaccine on the 14th. On the same day, in Canada, the first vaccination was given to five nursing home workers, including two nurses.
Meanwhile, according to the international statistics site World Omometer, the number of cumulative corona 19 confirmed cases in Saudi Arabia was 36,13 by the 14th, of which 6059 died.
Reporter Jeong Hye-jeong [email protected]
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