Saudi Arabia’s Assistant Minister of Health and official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr. Mohammed al-Abdulaali said that immunity against COVID- 19 starts days after taking the third dose and reaches its peak after two weeks, reported Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
During a press conference held on Sunday, he reported that the number of doses given in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had reached more than 58 million shots, where the number of immunized people with two doses exceeded 23.7 million, noting that the effect of vaccines in protecting the society is clear and contributed to lowering the number of critical cases.
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These measures led to the current decrease witnessed in the Kingdom, where the number of cases is on a downtrend trend, describing it as a positive indicator.
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These days, critical cases are diagnosed as stable, and their rate was as expected a week ago, he said.
Al-Abdulaali stressed that the world is witnessing the highest rates of COVID-19 cases at the daily and weekly levels, noting that there is a remarkable decrease after reaching the peak over the last two weeks.
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