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Saudi Arabia to inoculate those aged 12 to 18 with Pfizer vaccine - ministry

Monday, 28 Jun 2021 | 3:14 AM MYT

FILE PHOTO: A vial labelled with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will start inoculating young people aged 12 to 18 against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine after it was approved by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, the health ministry said on a tweet on Sunday.

(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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