MUSCAT : Filipino national Froilan Cruz Diolosa was the first expat to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in Oman on Sunday.
The 44-year-old health worker received the jab at Seeb Polyclinic soon after His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Al Saidi, Minister of Health took the first dose as Sultanate launched the coronavirus vaccination campaign.
The Ministry of Health received the first batch of 15,600 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Thursday. The second consignment containing 28,000 doses scheduled to arrive by early January 2021, according to MOH.
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