Home Covid-19 Switching between Covid-19 vaccines is ‘safe and effective’ – Saudi health ministry The vaccines which are now recognised in Saudi are Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Sinopharm, and Sinovac by Aarti Nagraj September 9, 2021 Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has clarified that switching between Covid-19 vaccines approved in the kingdom is safe and effective. On Wednesday, a spokesman for the ministry urged those who are eligible to receive the vaccine and have already received one dose, to receive their second jab as well. Doing so, the spokesman added, helps to prevent infections especially of the mutant strains of the virus. أدعو الجميع إلى المسارعة في أخذ الجرعة الثانية من لقاح كورونا وأهمية استكمال التحصين والاستفادة من المواعيد المطروحة، حيث تساهم الجرعة الثانية في الوقاية من المتحورات، والحماية من مضاعفات الفيروس بإذن الله. — المتحدث الرسمي لوزارة الصحة (@spokesman_moh) September 8, 2021 The total number of vaccine jabs administered within the country as of September 8 stood at 38,490,013. In August, the kingdom recognised two Chinese vaccines, Sinopharm, and Sinovac. The vaccines which are now recognised in Saudi are Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Sinopharm, and Sinovac. On September 8, the kingdom reported 119 new cases and 117 and 188 recoveries, as well as seven deaths over the preceding 24 hours. The total number of cases recorded therefore stood at 545,624 including 534,639 recoveries and 8,598 fatalites. #الصحة تعلن عن تسجيل (119) حالة إصابة جديدة بفيروس كورونا (كوفيد-19)، وتسجيل (7) حالات وفيات رحمهم الله، وتسجيل (188) حالة تعافي ليصبح إجمالي عدد الحالات المتعافية (534,639) حالة ولله الحمد. pic.twitter.com/qO96N50R1B — و ز ا ر ة ا لـ صـ حـ ة السعودية (@SaudiMOH) September 8, 2021 0 Comments