Saudi Arabia begins coronavirus vaccinations on Thursday, the Ministry of Health said, a day after it received two shipments of the vaccine.
Footage on al-Ekhbariya TV showed a man and a woman at a medical centre in the capital Riyadh getting vaccinated.
Shortly after, Minister of Health, Tawfiq al-Rabiah received the vaccine.
The kingdom received the first two shipments yesterday, becoming the first in the region to obtain it.
Authorities asked people to register to be vaccinated via a mobile application developed by the ministry.
More than 150 thousand people registered in 24 hours.
