The free vaccine campaign began on Wednesday
1 of 7 The Dubai Health Authority (DHA), in coordination with Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management and the COVID-19 Command and Control Centre, announced on Wednesday that it has commenced its COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Image Credit: @DXBMediaOffice
2 of 7 The campaign will see the DHA providing the Pfizer- BioNTech vaccination, which has recently been approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration and registered by the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention. Image Credit: @DXBMediaOffice
3 of 7 The first individuals to receive the vaccine are 84-year old senior citizen Ali Salem Ali Aladidi; 36 year old Shamaa Saif Rashid Alalili from Dubai Ambulance; 45 year old Asha Susan Philip, DHA Nurse; 37 year old Asif Khan Fazle Subhan, RTA driver; and 32 year old Adel Hassan Shukralla from Dubai Police.
Dubai: Five Dubai residents became the first batch to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the city on Wednesday after Dubai Health Authority (DHA) in coordination with Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management and the COVID-19 Command and Control Centre launched the vaccination campaign. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which has a proven efficacy of up to 95 per cent, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and registered by the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention.
“I am so happy to take this vaccine first,” said infectious diseases nurse Asha Susan Philip,speaking exclusively to Gulf News.