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Saudi Arabia will make coronavirus vaccines free to residents

The kingdom hopes to vaccinate up to 70% of its population by the end of 2021.

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A mask-clad Pakistani traveler arriving to Saudi Arabia to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage is welcomed at King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Nov. 30, 2020, before being sequestered for three days as a COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic precaution. — AFP via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia aims to vaccinate up to 70% of the kingdom’s population against the coronavirus by the end 2021, the Health Ministry said Monday. 

"The COVID-19 vaccine will be available to everyone in Saudi Arabia for free. ... We hope to have enough vaccines to cover 70% of the country's population free of charge by the end of 2021," Abdullah Asiri, assistant undersecretary at the Health Ministry, said on state television. 

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