Doha: Managing director of Primary Health Care Corporation, Dr Mariam AbdulMalik has said that in the first few weeks of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign the medical teams have carefully monitored all recipients following their vaccinations as this essential to check for possible side effects.
“As with any vaccination we have seen a small number of mild side effects, mainly soreness at the site of the injection. However, we have not seen any serious side effects directly related to the vaccine among patients receiving either the first or second dose of the vaccine,” she said speaking at a televised press conference held to announce the new developments related to COVID-19 in the country.
• In the first few weeks of the campaign our medical teams have carefully monitored all patients following their vaccinations as this essential to check for possible side effects.
• As with any vaccination we have seen a small number of mild side effects, mainly soreness at the site of the injection.
• However, we have not seen any serious side effects directly related to the vaccine among patients receiving either the first or second dose of the vaccine
• From the 13th of January many thousands of people began receiving their second dose of the vaccine and with operations running smoothly we expanded the vaccination campaign to include all 27 health centers across Qatar.
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• This has boosted our capacity to administer vaccines and as more vaccines become available to us in Qatar, we will continue to increase output
• As we progress through the phases of the campaign, and larger quantities of the vaccine become available to us in Qatar, we will continue to increase the number of vaccines we administer every week
• Patients who are eligible to receive the vaccine in Phase 1 selected are being contacted directly by phone/SMS to advise them of their selection for the vaccine and invited to attend an appointment at one of the health centers
• A recent advance is the launch of a new MOPH online system for people to register their interest in receiving COVID-19 vaccine
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• People registering their desire to get the vaccine online and who meet the criteria for the first priority groups will be given earlier appointments to take the vaccines
• People who register via the online page but who are not in one of the listed priority groups, will have their interest recorded and saved by the MOPH, and they will be contacted when they become eligible.
• Following the launch of the online vaccine registration, more than 90,000 people have registered their interest
• As more vaccines become available to us in Qatar this registration form will provide a valuable resource for us to contact people who wish to receive the vaccine as early as possible.
