The Saudi Health Ministry announced Monday that 99 percent of students aged 12 to 18 have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
This came with the new academic year approaching and as middle and secondary school classes expect to start following two years of online education to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry stressed the importance of taking both doses of the vaccine to combat COVID-19 variants.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia continues to register low rates of infections.
In the last 24 hours, the Kingdom recorded less than 400 cases for the first time in about five months.
The Health Ministry announced 360 new infections, bringing the total to 542,354, including 4,487 active cases that are still receiving medical care, of which 1,127 being critical. The recovery cases reached 529,337.
