Qatar’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign starts today after batches of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived on Monday night at Hamad International Airport.
In a press conference held by the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) that same night, it was announced that this first phase of the campaign start on 23 December 2020 and continue until 31 January 2021. Groups prioritised during this time include citizens and residents over 70, those with multiple chronic illnesses, and frontline healthcare workers working with Covid-19 patients.