COVID-19 vaccines 98.4% effective: Health official

Doha: Medical Director of the Communicable Disease Center at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Dr. Muna Al Maslamani,  has said that about 98.4 percent of those who received the vaccine did not get coronavirus infection, since the beginning of the vaccination drive in Qatar until March 28.

Only 1.5 percent were infected either after the first or second dose, she said.Medical Director of the Communicable Disease Center at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Dr. Muna Al Maslamani,  has said that about 98.4 percent of those who received the vaccine did not get coronavirus infection, since the beginning of the vaccination drive in Qatar until March 28 Speaking to Qatar TV yesterday, Al Maslamani said, “This came through our monitoring of more than 400,000 people who received the vaccine until March 28.”