Health ministry ready to receive everyone for COVID-19 vaccines

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health is ready to receive everyone to take novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, Director of Public Health Department Dr Fahad Al-Qimlas announced yesterday, adding that the ministry has a well-placed plan to approve vaccination centers, namely halls number five and six in Kuwait International Fairground (KIF), as well as two additional centers in Al-Ahmadi and Al-Jahra governorates in the future.

Kuwaiti health minister Sheikh Basel al-Sabah (C) tours the Kuwait vaccination center for COVID-19 at the International Fairgrounds in Kuwait City on December 23, 2020. (Photos by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)

Qimlas added in remarks to the press at Kuwait International Fairground in Mishref yesterday that people desiring to receive COVID-19 vaccinations have to register their requests on the ministry’s website to facilitate the process of their entrance to the centers, and to approve their reservations, as the Ministry is ready to receive thousands of people daily.