The world is in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. As WHO and partners work together on the response -- tracking the pandemic, advising on critical interventions, distributing vital medical supplies to those in need--- they are racing to develop and deploy safe and effective vaccines. Vaccines typically require years of research and testing before reaching the clinic, but in 2020, scientists

embarked on a race to produce safe and effective coronavirus vaccines in record time. Researchers are currently testing 57 vaccines in clinical trials on humans, and 15 have reached the final stages of testing. JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement to receive early

supplies of two or three different vaccines that have reached the final

stages of their clinical trials, according to Abdullah Al-Assiri, assistant deputy minister for preventive health. “Saudi Arabia will be one of the first countries to receive the vaccines,” he said during an interview on Saudia TV on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the daily total of new

coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia has dropped below 400 again, to 394. Daily recovery figures have been a steadily increasing and, out of a total of 351,849 confirmed cases, 338,708 patients have recovered. There were an additional 14 COVID-19-related deaths in the country, and the total number of fatalities has reached 5,590. The ministry urged anyone displaying possible symptoms of coronavirus disease to visit one of its Tetamman (Rest Assured) clinics to be tested for the virus. There are about 235 of the clinics are across the country, and appointments for tests can be

booked through the Sehaty app. However, patients can also visit the clinics without appointments if they think they might be infected and are displaying symptoms such as high temperature, shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, sore throat, diarrhea, or loss of sense of smell and taste. The ministry has also set up health centers, called Takkad (Make Sure), to cater to people who show no or only mild symptoms of the disease, but think they might have come into contact

with someone who was infected.

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