Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa received a coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday making him the first Arab leader to be vaccinated, according to state-owned media reports.
The Bahraini official news agency "BNA" announced yesterday evening, Wednesday, that "King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the monarch of the country took the anti-coronavirus vaccination."
The agency pointed out that the king noted that the people of Bahrain is “conscious, and keen to adhere to all precautionary measures and instructions issued by the national medical team to deal with the novel coronavirus.”
“This helps Kingdom to limit the pandemic spread in society,” he added.
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“The King expressed his thanks and appreciation to all the national cadres working in the front lines including all state institutions and volunteers who presented the most wonderful forms of giving and sincerity in order to achieve the goals set for the return of normal life as everyone wishes,” BNA stated.
The state-owned agency did not disclose the type of vaccine the king received, but in early December, the Health and Professional Services Regulatory Authority in Bahrain approved the emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine by the companies "Pfizer" and "BioNtech" to become the second country that allows that vaccine globally.
Moreover, in the middle of this month, Bahrain approved the Chinese "Sinopharma" vaccine and launched online registration for citizens and residents to receive it.
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