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Saudi King receives first dose of a coronavirus vaccine: SPA

Published: 09 Jan 2021 - 12:28 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 07:56 am
Saudi King gets a dose of a coronavirus disease vaccine in Neom, Saudi Arabia, January 8, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via Reuters

Saudi King gets a dose of a coronavirus disease vaccine in Neom, Saudi Arabia, January 8, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via Reuters

Reuters

Cairo: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine on Friday in the NEOM economic zone, the state news agency SPA said.

The agency posted two pictures and a short video that showed a medical staff injecting the king with the vaccine.

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