Dubai Covid vaccine: Full list of centres to get Pfizer, Sinopharm jabs for free
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Step-by-step guide to booking your vaccine appointment
Dubai has roped in 17 private healthcare service providers to offer its Covid-19 vaccination rates. The Emirate aims to vaccinate 100 per cent of target groups by the end of 2021.
Two types of vaccine Pfizer BioNTech and Sinopharm are available for free at over 30 government and private healthcare centres in Dubai.
Here is the full list of centres from where you can get the jab:
Private health centres for Sinopharm vaccine Al Futtaim Health Hub Mediclinic
FCM Travel Solutions launches new digital health programme
DUBAI, February 1, 2021 FCM Travel Solutions, one of the largest travel management companies in the world, has partnered with Medcare Hospitals & Medical Centres to provide customers access to discounted rates for PCR/Serology tests and Nasal Swab/Deep Throat Saliva tests. The new service, available at the Medcare Hospital Al Safa Dubai, comes at a time when Emirates and Etihad Airlines announce a partnership with IATA to trial the IATA Travel Pass in the region. Passengers can create a ‘digital passport’ to verify if their pre-travel test or vaccination meets the requirements of the destination. They will also be able to share the test and vaccination certificates with authorities and airlines to facilitate travel. Similar to an FCM initiative launched in Asia recently, FCM sees this as a next step once the trial period is over, which will also enable travellers to manage all travel documentation digitally an
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Vaccine a responsibility: Together we triumph
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How do we fight the pandemic? How do we make everyone’s life safe and secure? Why should we take the jab? Listen to what our vaccine ambassadors have to say
Why sit on the sidelines when one of the world’s fastest vaccination campaigns is gathering pace in the UAE? With more than two million people already vaccinated, and close to 100,000 jabs given daily, the country plans to protect 50 per cent of its population by March. Herd immunity is close at hand and it is our responsibility to keep ourselves and others safe by taking the jab, just like the men and women featured on this page who have got their shot in the arm. Experts say the vaccination drive will put the UAE on an early road to recovery from the pandemic that has devastated millions of lives and livelihoods. The Great Disruption of the modern era must end, and science has provided us with a solution in record time. The speed of this in
Dubai doctors cure 9-year-old boy s congenital limp
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Eyad Ali’s disability was an extremely rare condition that occurs in one out of every one million births globally
It was an emotional moment for a nine-year boy and his family when he walked normally for the first time in his life.
The boy, Eyad Ali, was born with a rare genetic disease called Tibial hemimelia, which is also known as tibial deficiency.
Eyad was born without a tibia, or shinbone.
The deformity created a difference in the length of Eyad’s legs.
The boy’s disability was an extremely rare condition that occurs in one out of every one million births globally.