Doha: More than half of the adult population in Qatar have fully vaccinated against COVID-19, marking huge achievements in the effort to defeat the Coronavirus in the country.
Data from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) updated on Tuesday (today) showed that 50.7 percent of total population (16 years and above) have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the second of two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
The National COVID-19 Vaccination Program has administered 2,716,670 COVID-19 vaccine doses have since the start of the program.
Also 15,728 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in 24 hours. 67.3 percent of the eligible population has now received at least one dose of the vaccine. 93.9 percent of over 60s (the most vulnerable population group) have been vaccinated with at least one dose, while 86.9 percent have received both doses.
