the authorities under these exceptional circumstances. the kingdom applied meticulous and multi-stage procedures to select a limited number of pilgrims from different nationalities from within the kingdom, with the aim of reducing and preventing health risks for pilgrims and workers. this included close monitoring and conducting tests before, during, and after the hajj period for the selected few. as a result, the kingdom organized a healthy, safe hajj with no covid-19 reported cases. risk communication and community engagement strategic and effective tasks were completed in cooperation with the relevant authorities to communicate with the community and engage it, under moh's leadership. which is centered around traditional channels of communications through tvs, radios, and text messages, as well as technology and digital health programs, through the optimal use of media by publishing the most prominent developments about the pandemic and developing awareness campaigns through its website https://covid19awareness.sa/ aimed at spreading awareness among the community, as well as through whatsapp messages and the use of various electronic applications such as "tetamman" and "mawid" applications. further actions that took place included daily joint press conferences to highlight the latest updates, the production of high-quality media materials by the ministry of health, ministry of media, and the center for government communication, and awareness campaigns to urge citizens to stay at home for their safety. e-health developed the 937 hotline to support the community by answering inquiries, giving instructions and providing medical and psychological consultations on all aspects related to covid-19 around the clock; launched additional channels to reach the community in addition to the existing channels, such as offering the 937-health service on whatsapp using a chatbot on the number 920005937 to provide advice and educational information on covid-19, as well as launching the sign language application "eshara", to reach deaf people and provide them with services and information; activated the role of virtual clinics, telemedicine, teleconsultation, tele-radiology, and robotics use to prevent the spread of covid-19. started tracking and tracing in drawings, and then immediately taking action to digitize the same. aside from the "taqasi" track and trace platform, through which suspected and confirmed cases can be reported, the ministry of health launched or revamped several other apps to help fight covid-19. an existing e-consultation health app called "sehha", which uses ai-enhanced chatbots, was updated to be able to identify potential infections and facilitate communication with isolated patients. the saudi data and artificial intelligence authority (sdaia) also launched an exposure notification and distancing application called " tabaud", which uses bluetooth to alert individuals who may have come in contact with infected people. a central data warehouse is also being used, where covid-19 information is aggregated, analyzed, and reported. coronavirus vaccination campaign saudi arabia started registration for the vaccinations through its sehaty app in early december 2020. and with the arrival of covid vaccines, and after being approved by the saudi food and drug authority (sfda), saudi arabia became one of the first countries in the arab world on december 17, 2020, to launch its coronavirus vaccination campaign by administering the first doses of pfizer-biontech vaccine to healthcare workers and the elderly saudis and expats who had registered through the sehaty app. coronavirus vaccination centers are spread in all the regions of saudi arabia. the registrations registered a three-fold increase after hrh crown prince mohammad bin salman was administered the vaccine. thereafter, saudi arabia witnessed a tremendous response after the custodian of the two holy mosques king salman received the vaccination. vaccination centers also opened in jeddah, dammam, medina, and mecca, and in february 2021 in other regions as part of the second phase of the campaign. the ministry of health also launched the mobile coronavirus vaccination service by vaccinating people inside their cars. the vaccination campaign is going in full swing and more than 780 thousand people have been vaccinated until the end of february 2021. more than 42 million covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in saudi arabia until the end of september 2021, with more than 53 percent of the country's 34.8 million population completing the course. the number of covid-19 doses administered in saudi arabia until the end of january 2022 increased to more than 57 million doses. at the end of february 2022, the immunization rate in the kingdom reached 99% among those aged above 12. more than 67 million covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in saudi arabia until the end of august 2022, with more than 77 percent of the country's 34.8 million population completing the course. results and success lessons holding a daily press conference at a fixed time by moh's official spokesperson sending over 6.6 billion awareness text messages in several languages reaching over 150 million views for educational videos, with over 9 million people benefitting from field awareness campaigns reaching over four million followers on the ministry's twitter and @saudimoh937 accounts, with the most popular tweets being about covid-19 and its prevention 937 line received over 10 million calls, including inquiries about covid-19 telemedicine services provided over five million consultations moh's covid-19 prevention website in various languages reached over 15 million visitors more than 1.5 million beneficiaries from the tetamman application. former ministers of health name of ministerperiod of service abdullah bin faisal al saud 1950-1953 dr. rashad bin mahmoud pharaon 1953-1960 dr. hassan bin yousef nassief 1960-1961 dr. hamid bin mohammad al harsani 1961-1962 dr. yousef bin yaqoub al hairi 1962-1966 hassan bin abdullah aal alshaikh 1966-1970 jamil bin ibrahim al hujailan 1970-1974 dr. abdulaziz bin abdullah al khuwaiter 1974-1975 dr. hussain bin abdulrazzaq al jazairy 1975-1982 dr. ghazi bin abdulrahman al qasabi 1982-1983 dr. faisal bin abdulaziz al hujailan 1983-1995 dr. osama bin abdulmageed shobukshi 1995-2003 hamad bin abdullah al manie 2003-2009 abdullah bin abdulaziz al rabeeah 2009-2014 adel fakeih 2014-2015 dr. mohammed al hayaza 2015 ahmed al khatib 2015 mohamad al ash sheikh 2015 khalid al falih 2015-2016 dr. tawfig al rabiah 2016–2021 eng. fahad al-jalajel 2021–present