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Bahrain Approves Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11

A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients on Sitra island. (AFP)
A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients on Sitra island. (AFP)
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Bahrain Approves Pfizer COVID Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11

A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients on Sitra island. (AFP)
A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients on Sitra island. (AFP)

Bahrain has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use for children aged between 5 and 11 years, the government media office said on Tuesday.

The decision came after a study involving 3,100 children aged between 5 and 11 were administered with the vaccine found it to be 90.7% effecting in that age group, said the statement, citing the National Health Regulatory Authority.

None of the children involved in the study showed severe side effects, it said.

Bahrain will be supplied with doses from the manufacturer for the 5-11 age group from the start of 2022, it said.

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KSrelief Distributes 1,000 Food Baskets in Sudan

The KSrelief has distributed 1,000 food baskets to the displaced families Sudan. (SPA)
The KSrelief has distributed 1,000 food baskets to the displaced families Sudan. (SPA)
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KSrelief Distributes 1,000 Food Baskets in Sudan

The KSrelief has distributed 1,000 food baskets to the displaced families Sudan. (SPA)
The KSrelief has distributed 1,000 food baskets to the displaced families Sudan. (SPA)

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 1,000 food baskets to the displaced families in the Berber and Abidiya localities in the River Nile State of the Republic of Sudan, benefiting 5,850 individuals, the Saudi Press Agency said on Friday.
This assistance is part of the food security support project in the Republic of Sudan for the year 2024.
It comes within the framework of the relief and humanitarian efforts provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its humanitarian arm, KSrelief, to alleviate the suffering of the Sudanese people as a result of their humanitarian crisis.