inoculate half of the population by late March.
Queues of people and cars were common at dedicated medical centres
in recent days.
At Dubai Parks and Resorts, vehicles snaked out of the theme park, across a motorway bridge and down on to Sheikh Zayed Road on Wednesday.
It seemed really organised, but without an appointment it took a long time
Ali Khaled
It is one of more than 150 centres across the country delivering either the Sinopharm vaccine – which is available to all nationwide – or Pfizer-BioNtech, which is available to at-risk groups in Dubai.
While there is no age restriction for those taking the Sinopharm vaccine, the Pfizer shot is limited to over-60s, frontline health workers and those with pre-existing medical conditions.