Today, the Minister of Public Health and Population, Dr. Qassem Buhaibeh, directed to allocate an additional share of the Coronavirus vaccine to the Marib Governorate and to add new vaccination centers in the governorate to alleviate the great pressure on its centers by travelers to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who were returned from the Al-Wadiah port.
The minister explained to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) that during the past two days, the vaccination centers in the Ma’rib governorate had vaccinated about 3,287 travelers to Saudi Arabia through the Al-Wadiah crossing, which constituted an additional burden on the vaccination centers in the governorate and made them lose a large percentage of their previous share of the vaccine intended for health workers. And the elderly and those suffering from chronic diseases in the province.
He indicated that 90 percent of the travelers vaccinated at the vaccination centers in the Ma’rib governorate are from the governorates under the control of the Houthi militia. They were vaccinated after they were returned from the depository outlet because they did not receive the vaccine.
Dr. Buhaibeh indicated that the Ministry of Health, in coordination with its office in Marib, has taken a number of emergency measures and measures to accommodate the large numbers of travelers and vaccinate them, including the allocation of two centers for vaccinating travelers, one in Kara Hospital and the other in Harib district, consisting of 8 vaccination teams in both centers in addition to adopting an additional share of The vaccine for Marib will be provided in the coming days to meet the deficit in most of its centers after the vaccination takes effect.
At the conclusion of his statement, the Minister of Health called on all travelers outside Yemen through the land or air ports to ensure that the vaccine is taken from the nearest vaccination center, which is spread in all the liberated governorates, with the aim of relieving the great pressure on the vaccination centers in the Marib Governorate, to which thousands of travelers stranded at the Al-Wadiah crossing flock to Above its capacity and carrying capacity.
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