The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday announced the administration of the one millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose in Qatar.

Qatar Airways Cargo has crossed a milestone transport of over 1.5mn Covid-19 vaccine doses into Qatar, with its largest batch of more than 530,000 Pfizer and Moderna vaccines arriving from Amsterdam on Monday.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced that one out of four adults in the country has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine since the start of Qatar's National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Wednesday their Covid-19 vaccine was safe and effective and produced robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year olds, paving the way for them to seek US emergency use authorization in weeks.

Several Asian countries scrambled to find alternative sources for Covid-19 inoculations on Tuesday after export restrictions by manufacturer India left a World Health Organization-backed global vaccine sharing programme short of supplies.

The UK variant of Covid-19 has contributed to the recent significant increase in cases in Qatar due to its highly transmissible element, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has said.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced that seven out of 10 people over 60 years of age have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose since the start of Qatar's National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme,

Data from healthcare workers at medical centers in the United States and Israel are confirming the effectiveness of both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines against Covid-19, according to reports in The New England Journal of Medicine on Tuesday.

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout is expected to boost Qatari economic growth this year, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Many Asian countries are accelerating the rollout of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine after confidence in its safety was hit, following reports that the shot was linked to rare blood clots in Europe earlier this month.

One out of six adults in Qatar has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) informed Sunday through an infographic on social media.

Nepal on Friday gave emergency authorisation to India's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, becoming only the third country to approve the shot, developed by Bharat Biotech and a state research institute.