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Associated Press

The island kingdom of Bahrain said on Friday it has become the second nation in the world to grant an emergency-use authorisation for the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.
The state-run Bahrain News Agency made the announcement on Friday night, following an earlier announcement by the United Kingdom on Wednesday, making Britain the first in the world.
“The confirmation of approval by the National Health Regulatory Authority of the kingdom of Bahrain followed thorough analysis and review undertaken by the authority of all available data,” the kingdom said on its state-run Bahrain News Agency.
Bahrain did not say how may vaccines it has purchased. It did not immediately respond to questions. It had already granted emergency-use authorisation for a Chinese vaccine made by Sinopharm.


Bahrain, home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet, is a small island off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf.
With a population of 1.6 million, it has reported more than 87,000 cases and 341 deaths, according to the government. More than 85,000 people have recovered from the Covid-19 illness that is caused by the virus.
The country is also home to a large expatriate population, with many low-paid labourers from Southeast Asia living in tight housing. In July, authorities said they had moved 8,000 labourers to new accommodation, disinfected housing and implemented a rule requiring no more than five labourers per room, with about 3 metres (10 feet) of space for each one.
The Bahraini government says it has conducted more than 2 million coronavirus tests across the island. It initially blamed its higher per-capita infection rate on that.


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Bahrain did not say how may vaccines it has purchased
With a population of 1.6 million, Bahrain has reported more than 87,000 cases and 341 coronavirus deaths


Bahrain had already granted emergency-use authorisation for a Chinese vaccine made by Sinopharm.


Bahrain is second nation in world to grant emergency use for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Bahrain did not say how may vaccines it has purchased With a population of 1.6 million, Bahrain has reported more than 87,000 cases and 341 coronavirus deaths

Bahrain did not say how may vaccines it has purchased

With a population of 1.6 million, Bahrain has reported more than 87,000 cases and 341 coronavirus deaths