(TAP) - The National COVID-19 Vaccination Registry project has been launched, Director of Medical Research at the Health Ministry Nooman Kadri said Saturday.

The goal of the project is to provide further information about people who are being vaccinated as well as the side effects they display after vaccination.

The project was submitted to the Steering Committee of the National Vaccination Campaign and was approved at a working session held on Wednesday, May 26, Kadri told TAP.

It will help ensure a better follow-up of the vaccinated people, issue recommendations on a rational use of resources as well as conduct scientific research, he added.