70% students aged 12 to 17 receive COVID-19 vaccine

Doha: Qatar’s National COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign has received great response from education sector as over 90 percent school staff has been vaccinated and 70 percent eligible students (ages 12 to 17 years) have received at least one dose.

“We received great response by employees of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, teachers and other staffers,” said Medical Director of Hamad General Hospital, Dr. Yousef Al Maslamani while speaking in a Qatar TV programme yesterday.  He said so far, 70 percent children, eligible for COVID-19 vaccines (from age 12 to 17), have received at least one dose of vaccine. “This is encouraging. I would like to thank parents for their support for the vaccine drive,” said Dr. Al Maslamani.