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KUWAIT CITY, July 3, (Agencies): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Sunday the availability of the coronavirus second booster dose according to the ministry’s regulations. This booster, which is the fourth Covid-19 consecutive vaccine dose, is of great importance for some segments of the soci

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 27: Spokesman of Kuwait's Ministry of Health unveiled on Saturday the new schedules of work at coronavirus vaccination centers during the celebrations marking the country's National Day and Independence Day, from February 27 to March 3. Kuwait Vaccination Center at Mishref Fairgroun

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 27: Spokesman of Kuwait's Ministry of Health unveiled on Saturday the new schedules of work at coronavirus vaccination centers during the celebrations marking the country's National Day and Independence Day, from February 27 to March 3. Kuwait Vaccination Center at Mishref Fairgroun

Kuwait City: A day after Kuwait announced that only vaccinated people can travel and enter the cinema, on Tuesday the Mishref fairground vaccination centre saw a huge turnout with around 22,000 people receiving the jab in one day, according to Dr. Khaled Al Jarallah, head of the COVID-19 supreme advisory committee at the Ministry of Health. Al Jarallah shared on Twitter that the vaccination path is the way back to normalcy. https://twitter.com/kaljarallah/status/1389286925761224707 Restrictions...

Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health is planning on opening five fully equipped vaccination centers to speed up its vaccination campaign, local media reported. The decision comes as the Mishref fairground, the only vaccination centre administrating the Pfizer vaccine, is witnessing large crowds as a delay in the third shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine prompts the government to set aside the remaining quantities of the Oxford vaccine for those awaiting their second dose. Until the...

Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health has authorised the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, state news agency KUNA reported. In a press statement on Friday, Abdullah Al Bader, the Assistant Undersecretary for Drug and Food control, said that the approval only came after a detailed review and comprehensive evaluation of the vaccine was conducted. The vaccine has received approval from the European Medicines Agency, the United Kingdom Medicines and Health products regulatory ag...

Kuwait City: Kuwait is preparing to receive 200,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine by next week, Al Qabas reported. A source revealed to Al Qabas that an additional 800,000 doses will arrive by February or March at the latest. While Kuwait has placed an order for the Oxford vaccine, administering the vaccine will be contingent on official approval locally, as it first must be licenced before its arrival. Once the Oxford vaccine arrives and is approved it will be easier to store, compar...

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to arrive in Kuwait within 10 days The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced Monday that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be arriving in Kuwait within 10 days, according to Gulf News. The government is planning to vaccinate around 10,000 people per day. The news came following the announcement by the assistant undersecretary of the Kuwait Food and Drug Control Administration Abdullah Al-Bader Sunday that the Ministry of Health issued an emergency use license for the vacci...

The announcement came after the government authorized emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday.  The Assistant Undersecretary for Drug and Food Control Affairs at the Ministry of Health, Abdullah Al Bader, said in a press statement that approval was granted after a committee conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the vaccine and reviewed the results of the clinical trials. In addition, the approval was contingent on the Pfizer vaccine receiving FDA approval, which it did on Friday. Vac...