Covid cases spike unlikely due to vaccination: official

Dr Yousef al-Maslamani

* Current scenario promising for lifting of restrictions to proceed as planned * People should avoid travelling to Covid-19 high-risk countries, including those vaccinated It is unlikely that new cases of Covid-19 infection will see any further spike in Qatar as long as more people continue to get vaccinated and also abide by the precautionary and preventive measures, a senior health official has said. Dr Yousef al-Maslamani (pictured),medical director of Hamad General Hospital, told Qatar TV yesterday that he was satisfied with the progress of vaccination in Qatar and that people continued to show up to take the vaccine. This is a very good indicator, one that will help reduce the time required to reach the desired community immunity with around 70-80% of the eligible people being vaccinated, he noted.