Dubai s first vaccine recipients encourage others to follow suit
A nurse, retired Emirati, police officer and bus driver were among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
An older resident receives her first shot at Zabeel Health Centre on December 27, 2020. EPA
A Dubai ambulance worker is vaccinated in Dubai. EPA
The vaccine is expected to be rolled out to all age groups once people in the essential categories have been vaccinated. EPA
A nurse holds a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which was approved for use by Dubai s emergency and crisis authority and the federal Ministry of Health. AFP
An employee from Roads and Transport Authority receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Dubai. EPA
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.
Shukralla, 32, from Dubai Police, also received their first dose.
Dubai Health Authority joined forces with the emirate’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management and the Covid-19 Command and Control Centre to oversee the
public health initiative.
The first vaccines will be administered to Emiratis and residents aged 60 and over, people with chronic diseases or disabilities, and frontline workers in sectors such as health care.
It is the second vaccine made available in the UAE after the Sinopharm jab was approved for nationwide use last month.
The mRNA vaccine was developed by US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the German biotechnology company BioNTech.
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