On 5 December, Bahrain became the second country to approve emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine after United Kingdom gave its approval on 2 December.
- The UK was the first country to approve the Pfizer vaccine as well as the first western country to approve a vaccine against COVID-19.
While on Wednesday, the rolling out of COVID-19 vaccine from next week onwards was given the approval by UK, Bahrain’s capital Manama has not specified when it would begin the rollout.
- Bahrain had approved the use of China's Sinopharm vaccine on frontline healthcare workers in November.
According to a statement carried by the official Bahrain News Agency (BNA),CEO of the National Health Regulatory Authority, Mariam al-Jalahma said that the approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will add a further important layer to the country’s national Covid-19 response, according to AFP.
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