Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and sparked a surge in registration across the Kingdom.
According to Arab News, 500,000 people registered for the inoculation by last Thursday as per the national vaccination plans led by the Ministry of Health.
The crown prince's public inoculation jumpstarted registration and peaked registration - with numbers jumping fivefold in a single hour, according to Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah.
VIDEO: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received the COVID-19 vaccine, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency.#ولي_العهد pic.twitter.com/W4vGCejDr5
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It has been reported that up to 10,000 already received the inoculation in the Kingdom.
Vaccinations roll out do not belittle the threat of the virus. Dr. Abdullah Asiri, assistant deputy minister for preventive medicine, urged caution, spoke to Arab News sayingL “What we know for sure is that these mutations won’t change the behavior of the virus or its ability to infect people, resulting in severe symptoms.Without mutations, coronaviruses rarely infect people twice since the antibodies created by the human body are able to prevent a second infection for up to four or five months,” he said.
