Saudi Arabia to offer vaccines to all residents for free - state TV

Image used for illustrative purpose. A volunteer receives an injection from a medical worker during first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus, June 24, 2020.
REUTERS/Siphiwe SibekoDUBAI - Saudi Arabia's health ministry said on Monday that COVID-19 vaccines will be free for all people living in the kingdom, state TV reported.
The ministry said it hopes to have enough vaccines to cover 70% of the country's population by the end of 2021, state TV channel Ekhbariya said on Twitter.
(Reporting by Yousef Saba; Editing by Catherine Evans) ((Yousef.Saba@thomsonreuters.com; +971562166204))