18,000 expat workers given vaccines daily in residential areas

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Mobile field units, jab centers in suburbs relieve pressure on MoH

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The Ministry of Health has established more vaccination centers to administer anti-corona vaccines, especially in areas where there is large concentration of expatriate workers to signifi- cantly relieve pressure on vaccination centers in Mishref and Sheikh Jaber Bridge as part of its plans to reach the required societal immunity against “Covid-19” within a short time, reports Al-Qabas daily. The MoH said more than 18,000 expatriate workers are given vaccines on a daily basis in residential areas where these workers live. This is besides the MoH pressing into service mobile field units in various other areas and government institutions.

Increased
This MoH move has increased the daily vaccination rates to more than 100,000 recently, and will reach community immunity faster than expected. The Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh Youth Center vaccinates more than 6,000 workers daily, while similar numbers are vaccinated at Al-Tadamun Sports Club from eight in the morning until eight in the evening, while the Employment Vaccination Center in Kabad receives more than 3,000, after they were registered on the MoH vaccination platform by their respective companies. At the Wafra Center, vaccinations are continuing this week, due to the continued infl ux of large numbers of workers so far. On the first day of its inauguration 2,500 workers received the vaccine while the number of those vaccinated last Friday and Saturday was nearly 6000. However, on a daily basis the center is expected vaccinate 3,000 workers. The health teams are scheduled to move next to vaccinate farm workers in Abdali.

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