DUBAI: Oman’s Ministry of Health will start inoculating citizens aged over 65 years with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, daily Times of Oman reported.
The vaccine will be given out at special immunization centers, and the two doses will be administered four weeks apart, the report added.
The Sultanate received on Saturday a total of 100,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India’s Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine factory.
Meanwhile, Oman’s University of Nizwa, in cooperation with the health ministry, detected a rare strain of the COVID-19 virus.
The joint project studied 94 samples of the virus taken from patients in the country and the results have been published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Oman begins COVID-19 vaccine jabs for senior citizens
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Oman begins COVID-19 vaccine jabs for senior citizens
- The vaccine will be given out at special immunization centers
- Oman’s University of Nizwa, in cooperation with the health ministry, detected a rare strain of the COVID-19 virus
Israel reports bird flu outbreak on farm in north, WOAH says
- The outbreak, the first in a year in Israel, was detected in a flock of 2,000 ducks in the village of Sde Yaakov
PARIS: Israel reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm in the north of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday.
The outbreak, the first in a year in Israel, was detected in a flock of 2,000 ducks in the village of Sde Yaakov, causing the death of 90 birds, the Paris-based WOAH said, citing a report from the Israeli authorities. The remaining birds were subsequently culled as a precaution.
The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has raised concerns among governments and the poultry industry after it ravaged flocks around the world in recent years, disrupting supply, fueling higher food prices and raising the risk of human transmission.
