Saudi Gazette Report

RIYADH — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has succeeded in confronting coronavirus variants, the Ministry of Health official spokesman Dr. Muhammad Al-Abdel Ali stated.

The Health Ministry spokesman, at the press conference here on Sunday, stressed that the booster dose helps to limit the spread of the virus and reduces the chance of getting infected.

The Ministry of Health, meanwhile, is expected to include the Moderna vaccine along with Pfizer vaccine as a booster dose.

The spokesman added that the Kingdom's statistics are stable as new COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia continued to stay below the 50-mark on Sunday, with 30 new infections recorded over the past 24 hours.

He added that Saudi Arabia has administered more than 46 million doses of the vaccines till date since the start of the vaccination drive.

At the same press conference, Saad Al-Hammad, spokesman of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD), said that the ministry during October has carried out 143,331 inspection tours to monitor violators of precautionary measures.

The MHRSD confirmed 1,275 precautionary measures violations in private sector establishments, and 2,260 people were violated for not adhering to preventive measures.