Oman allegedly started the coronavirus vaccination program today, 2 days ahead of plans to resume all flights and open temporarily closed borders when concerns arose about new Coronavirus strains.
For everyone's knowledge, the country has recorded the second highest number of Covid-19 deaths in the Gulf after Saudi Arabia. In addition, the country is the last of the Gulf Cooperation States (GCC) to start a vaccination program.
Like most countries, they also choose the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
According to Health Minister Ahmed Al-Saidi, one of their citizens was the first to receive a vaccine at the Muscat clinic. Meanwhile, vaccine preference will be given to frontline health workers and the elderly.
For all you know, Oman has so far recorded more than 128,000 cases of coronavirus infection, including 1,495 deaths.
In addition, most Gulf countries have also delayed commercial travel and banned entry and exit through land and sea borders last week after the emergence of a new virus in Britain.
However, Saudi Arabia has yet to announce whether it will loosen the sanctions this week, while Kuwait says it plans to reopen on January 1.
Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund estimates that the Omani economy contracted by 10% this year.
