Kuwait to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign Thursday

KUWAIT CITY, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — Kuwait will launch the COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Thursday, with the elderly and first frontline workers receiving the jab, Kuwait’s Minister of Health Bassel Al-Sabah said Wednesday.

During an inspection of the vaccination center in Hawalli Governorate, the minister said that the vaccine would arrive on a monthly base in Kuwait for a period of a year, affirming that the ministry was keen on delivering the vaccine to people nationwide.

The minister thanked the medical cadres, technicians, and experts for their around-the-clock efforts in the previous months, saying that it resulted in the logistical success of delivering the vaccine to Kuwait.

Kuwait will now begin a new phase of vaccination and hopefully beating the virus, he said, adding that it was important to eradicate the COVID-19 rather than focus on bringing the number of infections down.

Herd immunity could only be achieved through the vaccination campaign, he said.

Kuwait received on Wednesday the first shipment of coronavirus vaccines, the country’s Ministry of Health announced in a statement.