130-160 thousand doses of the US’s Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be delivered to Almaty city from October 20, Head of Almaty city’s Health Office Nariman Tandynbayev said, Kazinform reports.
According to Tabynbayev, the vaccine will be given primarily to children, health workers, older people living in closed facilities. As Almaty city’s Chief Medical Officer Zhandarbek Bekshin said, the city’s vaccination rate will rise once the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are delivered. «The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine delivery will enable to vaccinate 306 thousand more people. It will increase the COVID-19 vaccination rate, leading to decrease in new cases,» he said.
Deputy Mayor of Almaty city Yerzhan Babakumarov added that the vaccination of children with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be on a voluntary basis.
