Roundup: 52.7 pct Israelis vaccinated against COVID-19; Oman to offer second job

CAIRO, March 5 (Xinhua) – The number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Israel has exceeded 4.9 million, or 52.7 percent of its total population. Meanwhile, Omani health authorities announced on Friday that the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines will start being delivered from Sunday.

The Israeli Ministry of Health reported 3,779 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, raising the platform in the country to 796,465.

The COVID-19 death toll in Israel reached 5,834 after adding 13 new deaths, while the number of patients in poor condition fell from 699 to 690, out of 1,091 patients in the hospital.

In Oman, the latest COVID-19 statistics showed that the total number of coronavirus cases has risen to 142,896, including 133,491 recoveries and 1,583 deaths.

In Turkey, the total number of diagnosed coronavirus cases rose to 2,757,460 after 11,302 new infections, including 698 with symptoms, were detected, according to the Turkish Ministry of Health.

The COVID-19 death toll in Turkey rose 62 to 28,901, while its total benefits reached 2,608,848, the ministry said.

To date, more than 7.5 million people in Turkey have been vaccinated, including 2.36 million who have received two doses of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine.

Iran’s health authorities registered 8,367 new COVID-19 infections, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,673,470.

Between Thursday and Friday, 81 new coronavirus-related deaths were detected, pushing the death toll to 60,512, a spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari said at the daily meeting near.

The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Friday 5,127 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 719,121.

It also announced 30 new deaths, raising the death toll from the infectious virus to 13,537, and recoveries in the country rose from 3,134 to 653,149.

Morocco registered 420 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the case in the North African country to 485,567, the health ministry said in a statement.

The total number of benefits from COVID-19 in Morocco increased to 471,410 after the addition of 477 new ones. The death toll rose to 8,673 with four new deaths in the last 24 hours.

At the same time, 3,877,687 people have so far received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the country, and 499,942 people have received the second dose.

The North African country launched a nationwide vaccination campaign on Jan. 28 after the first shipment of Sinopharm China vaccines.

Lebanon on Friday registered 3,202 new COVID-19 cases, raising the incidence of the disease to 390,053, the Ministry of Health said. At the same time, the number of deaths rose from 52 to 4,971.

Kuwait on Friday reported 1,613 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 198,110.

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced eight more deaths, bringing the death toll to 1,113. The number of recurrences nationwide rose from 918 to 184,239, while 12,758 coronavirus-related patients were receiving treatment.

Qatari’s health ministry on Friday announced 469 new cases of COVID-19, raising the total number diagnosed in the Gulf state to 166,015, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.

Meanwhile, 337 more were recovered from the virus, bringing the total benefits to 155,407, and the death toll rose one to 261.

Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said Friday that Palestine has registered 218,628 COVID-19 cases including 2,333 deaths, after 1,826 new coronavirus cases and 19 additional deaths reported in the 24 hours. gone. Enditem

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