Doha: Some 90% of Qatar’s eligible population (12 years and above) have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, according to data shared by the Ministry of Public Health yesterday.
As many as 4,076,666 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered since the start of National COVID-19 Vaccination Program in Qatar. Some 9,578 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the past 24 hours.
Some 90.2% of the eligible population (12 years and over) have now received at least one dose of the vaccine while 77.9% of the total population have now received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Meanwhile Qatar Vaccination Center for Business and Industry Sector has administered more than one million vaccine doses since it opened its doors in June.
Located near Asian Town in Mesaimeer, the Qatar Vaccination Center for Business and Industry Sector has more than 300 stations and the capacity to administer more than 25,000 doses a day.
The vaccination facility, one of the largest vaccination centers in the world, is the result of a unique collaboration between the Ministry of Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation, Primary Health Care Corporation and Qatar Charity, with support from the Ministry of Interior and ConocoPhillips-Qatar.
Dr Khalid Abdulnoor, who is the Senior Consultant Emergency Medicine at Hamad Medical Corporation and lead for the Qatar Vaccination Center for Business and Industry Sector, said his team were proud to reach this milestone.
“This Center is playing an important role in continuing to support the safe roll-out of Qatars phased plan to lift COVID-19 restrictions by ensuring that service workers have access to the vaccine and are protected,” he said.
“We are proud to have reached this milestone and we are committed to vaccinating as many eligible members of our community as possible to help us get back to normal.”
Dr. Abdulnoor reminded the community that the Vaccination Center for Business and Industry Sector operated on an appointment-based system.
“The COVID-19 Vaccination Scheduling Unit is set up to support the booking and appointment process at the vaccination center. People will only be seen with an appointment we do not accept walk-ins,” he said.”
The Ministry announced yesterday registration of 116 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 among community and 78 among travellers.
Also 196 people have recovered from the virus during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases recovered in Qatar to 225881.