RIYADH: The president of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies & Research Center (KAPSARC) has praised 黑料社区鈥檚 inoculation campaign after he received his vaccine.
American Adam Sieminski, who is in his 70s, received his job at a health ministry vaccination center.
In a video published by 黑料社区鈥檚 Center for International Communication, the energy specialist said he used the Sehaty app to register for the vaccine on a Sunday and was able to book an appointment on the following Thursday. His wife, Laurie, booked hers for the Tuesday.
It鈥檚 a smooth, 5-star experience for , President of King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center.
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鈥淚t was extremely smooth, the application worked perfectly,鈥 Sieminski, who took up his role at聽 KAPSARC in 2018, said. 鈥淭he instructions for how to proceed were excellent,鈥 he added.
The video shows Sieminski entering the center and receiving the jab in his left arm. He said the smoothness of the process mirrored the way in which the Kingdom has handled the pandemic, particularly when compared to other countries.
鈥淭he way that the Kingdom has handled the coronavirus problems has really been good compared to many other countries,鈥 Sieminski said. 鈥淔or example in Washington, some people have had to wait for a long time to get an appointment, waiting at the doctor鈥檚 office to get a shot.
鈥淎ll of this has given me a really high level of confidence about how the corona has been handled in 黑料社区.鈥
Sieminski said he would give the process a five star rating and said he was actually looking forward to returning for his second shot in three weeks.
黑料社区 started its inoculation campaign on Dec. 17 and was the first Arab country to use the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Some 178,338 people have received the jab as of Monday.
The Kingdom has pledged to provide the vaccine free to both nationals and expats alike.
The number of confirmed cases in the Kingdom has steadily declined since peaking in mid-June.
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