Around 620,000 people have received the anti coronavirus vaccine. Kuwait has completed the vaccination of about 22.3 percent of the estimated target population of 2,775,000, Al rai reported.
It is noteworthy that community immunity requires vaccinating about 60 to 70 percent of the population, which ranges from 1,665,000 and 1,94,2000. Health sources explained to the daily that the recent acceleration of vaccination coincided with the successive arrival of vaccine batches, revealing that the new shipment from the AstraZeneca – Oxford vaccine is expected to arrive soon.
The pace of vaccination is expected to accelerate further when the rapid vaccination center is equipped, which the Cabinet has approved to establish on the South Island at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Bridge to serve cars, to facilitate those wishing to receive the vaccine.
For the second day in a row, the number of patients in the intensive care has decreased from 244 to 240, earlier it decreased from 251 to 244.