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Vaccination centres in the UAE will focus on inoculating the elderly and people with chronic diseases to prioritise their protection amid a rise in Covid-19 cases.
The Ministry of Health and Prevention announced the move on Saturday, as part of efforts to focus on more vulnerable groups in the next four to six weeks.
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People who do not fall into these categories can still receive the vaccine after booking an appointment in advance. The ministry called on the families of the elderly and people with chronic diseases to urge them to vaccinate to preserve their health and safety, Wam reported.
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Police speak with a driver as freight lorries remain queued up on the M20 motorway, southbound, leading to the Port of Dover at Mersham in south east England on December 24, 2020, as rail and sea links between the UK and France are to remain open over Christmas to clear the backlog of thousands of trucks stranded by a new strain of coronavirus. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Rail and sea links between the UK and France will remain open over Christmas to clear the backlog of thousands of trucks stranded by border closures due to the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus, Britain said Thursday.
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Police speak with a driver as freight lorries remain queued up on the M20 motorway, southbound, leading to the Port of Dover at Mersham in south east England on December 24, 2020, as rail and sea links between the UK and France are to remain open over Christmas to clear the backlog of thousands of trucks stranded by a new strain of coronavirus. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Rail and sea links between the UK and France will remain open over Christmas to clear the backlog of thousands of trucks stranded by border closures due to the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus, Britain said Thursday.
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New Covid strain: UK-France border to stay open at Christmas to clear truck logjam
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Freight vehicles line up prior to boarding a train to France via the Channel Tunnel, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Folkestone, Britain, December 20, 2020.
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The discovery of a new strain of coronavirus forced border closures.
Rail and sea links between the UK and France will remain open over Christmas to clear the backlog of thousands of trucks stranded by border closures due to the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus, Britain said on Thursday.
Thousands of European truckers on Wednesday spent a fourth night sleeping in the cabs of their vehicles, which are stuck close to the major cross-Channel port of Dover while the drivers wait to pass a Covid test, as required by France for travel.