Bahrain has administered more than 200,000 Covid-19 booster shots in less than three months, setting a new benchmark for the world battling the coronavirus.
The country has vaccinated 201,076 citizens and residents until last night with a third dose of either Pfizer/BioNTech or Sinopharm.
An average of 5,400 booster shots have been administered every day since the beginning of this month.
Boosters are additional doses of a vaccine administered to ramp up the immune system’s response to a particular pathogen.
Bahrain currently ranks second in the GCC in Covid-19 vaccination rates, with almost 71pc of its estimated 1.5m population fully inoculated. The UAE ranks first with 72pc, while Qatar is third (64.2pc), according to Our World in Data figures. Saudi Arabia has inoculated 29pc of its population and Kuwait 22pc. Oman has the least vaccinated population, 6.8pc, according to the site.
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