Almost 4,000 get vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine in E Kazakhstan

UST-KAMENOGORSK. KAZINFORM – Vaccination of teenagers, pregnant women and nursing mothers is underway in East Kazakhstan region, Kazinform has learnt from Semeynews.kz.

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To date, over 3,930 teens, expecting and nursing mothers got vaccinated with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Recall that Kazakhstan authorized the use of Pfizer vaccine in teenagers aged 12-17, pregnant women and nursing mothers. The vaccination with Pfizer vaccine kicked off on 15 November 2021.

Vaccination campaign against COVID-19 kicked off in Kazakhstan earlier this year on 1 February 2021. Healthcare workers, teachers, employees of law-enforcement agencies were the first in line to get the anti-COVID vaccines. Mass vaccination of all eligible categories of citizens began on 2 April 2021.