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Some Arab countries have revealed their plans to limit the spread of the Corona virus, either in vaccines that have been approved or with which they have been contracted.
the two seas
Bahrain eventually accepted the emergency use of the Pfizer-Bionic vaccine against the emerging corona virus, thus becoming the second country to give the green light for adoption after the UK.
In November, it approved the use of the vaccine from the Chinese company Sinopharma.
Bahrain recorded more than 87,000 injuries, including 341 deaths.
Saudi
And the Saudi Health Ministry recently announced a registration mechanism to soon take the coronavirus vaccine, the safety and efficacy of which will be guaranteed and will be approved by the competent committees and bodies.
And Riyadh announced very important contracts with companies that develop the Corona virus vaccine, and the Kingdom will be one of the first countries where the vaccine will be available, according to Saudi television, without giving further details.
The number of injured in Saudi Arabia is approaching 360,000, and the death toll is still less than 6,000.
UAE
The UAE also recently announced that they had officially registered the Chinese company “Sinopharm” vaccine against the emerging corona virus, confirming that initial results showed its 86 percent effectiveness.
The Ministry of Health and Community Protection said in a statement that it had “reviewed the preliminary results of the third phase experiments carried out by (Sinopharma CNPG), as these results showed an 86 percent efficacy against infection with the Covid virus. -19 “.
According to the statement, “the seroconversion rate registered 99 percent of the equivalent antibodies and 100 percent as a protection rate against moderate or severe cases of the disease.”
Last September, the UAE authorized the emergency use of the vaccine for use by healthcare workers.
The United Arab Emirates has so far recorded more than 178,000 new coronavirus cases and 596 deaths.
Kuwait
Kuwait held parliamentary elections recently, amid the Corona pandemic.
Local media quoted medical sources in Kuwait as saying that the first target group for vaccines will be those over 55, those with chronic diseases and workers in the medical sector.
The information indicates that the Ministry of Health initially contracted the importation of about one million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, one million 700 thousand doses of Moderna and 3 million doses of “Oxford-AstraZeneca”.
Therefore, it will import around 5.7 million doses of the vaccine, enough for about 2.8 million people.
Iraq
Corona injuries in Iraq have reached more than 505 thousand cases
Corona injuries in Iraq have reached more than 505 thousand cases
The World Health Organization announced at the end of October that the Iraqi government had allocated 170 million dollars, through the Kovacs initiative, to buy a vaccine for the Corona virus.
In November, the Iraqi News Agency quoted the Health Ministry as saying that Iraq is proceeding with its agreement with the Kovacs facility, and at the same time communicating with the manufacturers, and any vaccines that get approval from the World Organization of Health will be imported.
The number of injured in Iraq reached 566 thousand cases, while the death toll reached more than 14 thousand deaths.
Jordan
About a quarter of a million coronavirus cases in Jordan
About a quarter of a million coronavirus cases in Jordan
Jordan has so far recorded more than 244,000 confirmed cases of the virus and 3,166 deaths, while the number of infected people receiving treatment in hospitals is 1,684, including 403 in intensive care.
Jordan’s Ministry of Health recently said it expects to receive vaccinations in the first quarter of next year and aims to target vaccination to 20-25 percent of the kingdom’s population of more than 10 million people.
Jordan has signed agreements to purchase vaccines from Pfizer-Biontech, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca.
Egypt
In early December, local media said Egyptian authorities had authorized the Ministry of Health and Finance to provide vaccines for the emerging corona virus.
And the Global Vaccine Alliance “Gavi” was contracted to supply 20 million doses, in addition to entering into direct contracts with companies.
And Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi had said in a speech at the end of November that the vaccines to be contracted by the authorities would not be available until mid-2021.
Qatar
The Qatari Health Ministry expects the arrival of the vaccines before the end of December, as it announced that it had contracted with Pfizer, as well as with the American company Moderna.
The total number of cases in Qatar is over 140,000 and the death toll is less than 250 people.
Morocco, West, sunset
Morocco hopes to launch a vaccination campaign to counter the Covid-19 epidemic before the end of the year, based on the Chinese Sinopharm and British AstraZeneca vaccines.
Its goal is to reach about 20 million people within three months.
The impact of the pandemic has intensified in Morocco in recent months, with a daily rate of more than 5,000 more frequently, while the total number of injured reached 360,000, of which 5,915 died and more than 310,000 recovered. , according to the last official balance.
Israel
The first batch of the “Pfizer” vaccine arrived in Israel on Wednesday, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that he had promised to receive the first dose.
“The end is in sight,” said Netanyahu, whose country recorded some 349,000 wounded and 2,932 dead.
Pfizer’s vaccine has not yet obtained the necessary official approvals for use in Israel, but Netanyahu seemed confident that it would get approval in “the very near future.”
Israel also contracted the American biotech company “Moderna” to purchase six million doses of the Corona virus vaccine.
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