* Covid vaccine doses expected to increase to 180,000-200,000 doses per week
The number of Covid-19 vaccinations provided per week is expected to increase to 180,000-200,000 doses, a senior health official has said. Addressing a press conference organised by the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Abdullatif al-Khal, chair of the National Health Strategic Group on Covid-19 and head of Infectious Diseases at Hamad Medical Corporation, said despite the acceleration of the vaccination programme, more time is needed to inoculate community groups who are over 16 years old, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
He noted that over 650,000 doses of the vaccine have been given and more than 20,000 people receive the vaccine daily. Also, more than 200,000 people have taken both of doses, he added. Dr al-Khal also affirmed that Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines approved in Qatar are effective against the new strains of Covid-19, and that there is a decrease in the number of infections among the groups that have received the vaccination, which is an indicator recorded in a number of countries of the world and reflects the effectiveness of vaccines that have efficacy levels of over 90% so far, QNA said.