Starting from July 4, the Sultanate will start vaccinating people above 18 years of age, according to the Ministry of Health.
To avail of this service, youngsters need to either register online or request through Tarassud Plus App.
"We will begin vaccinating youngsters aged 18 and above from Sunday (July 4), and all eligible can register either online or on Tarassud Plus App on their phones," said Dr Zainab al Balushi, Head of Infection and Prevention Control at the ministry.
As many as 7,000 people can be vaccinated in a day at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, where the mass vaccination programme through an online registration is happening. There are nearly 60 booths which can accommodate more than 4,000 people a day, whereas this can be increased to 10,000 as the need be.
As many as 854,274 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19, since the start of National Immunization Plan in December 2020. The number stands for 24 per cent of the targeted population.
The number of those who took the first dose of Covid-19 vaccination stood at 643,744 comprising 75 per cent, while the number of those who took two doses stood at 210,530 comprising 25 per cent.
The Ministry of Health plans to cover all target segments aged 12 and above, which stands for 70 per cent of the Sultanate’s population. The vaccination process will be carried out in stages, depending on the arrival of supplies of Covid-19 vaccines and in line with the goals set for the National Immunization Strategy.
She further said that the vaccination campaigns are showing heavy turnouts, and the ministry would achieve the targets.
"We organise vaccination campaigns for various target groups. The results are visible from the long queues in front of the vaccination centres."
Oman began to vaccinate the first target group of people some six months ago. The groups included people above 65 years, people suffering from chronic diseases, frontline workers including medical staff and the like at various schools, etc.
The mass vaccination camp for people above 45 years of age began at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre on June 20. The ministry has kept on adding more target groups and more government departments, ministries and public authorities in the past few days, and the latest among the target group is the youngsters above 18.
"We encourage the public to get vaccinated according to the dates and times allotted to each sector, and to be a part of the nation building march and to ignore the negative news as no scientific proof has been identified to support the fake claims that vaccines have side effects," the ministry representative added.
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