Bahrain has become the world’s first country to let all citizens and residents nationwide schedule Covid vaccine appointments by app.
The Gulf nation, which has the second-highest vaccination rate globally, also allows users to choose between the Pfizer-BioNTech or Sinopharm injection.
Users of the BeAware app fill in their personal details and are granted a free-of-charge appointment within days followed by a second jab 21 days later.
Bahrain is aiming to vaccinate at least 5,000 individuals per day, with plans to eventually double that figure.
The country now has the second-highest rate of vaccination globally at 3.62 doses per 100 population, ahead of the UK at 1.39 and the US at 1.38.
The approach is different to other nations where only high-risk individuals can book appointments, or citizens are contacted by officials with pre-arranged times.
In November, Bahrain officially approved a Covid vaccine for frontline health workers and then rolled it out to all citizens and residents over the age of 18.