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Saudi Covid-19 vaccine: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives first jab

Mohammed bin Salman received the first Covid vaccine as part of the national Covid-19 vaccination plan being implemented by the ministry of health.

Published: Fri 25 Dec 2020, 10:07 PM

Updated: Fri 25 Dec 2020, 10:19 PM

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Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received the first Covid-19 vaccine administered in the Kingdom, as part of the national Covid-19 vaccination plan being implemented by the ministry of health, state news agency SPA reported on Friday.

Saudi Arabia detected 178 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 361,903, the Ministry of Health announced on Friday.


The total recoveries increased to 352,815 after 207 individuals who had previously tested positive recovered.

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Meanwhile, the death toll reached 6,168 with nine new fatalities reported due to COVID-19 complications.

Photo: SPA

Photo: SPA



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