Dubai launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Dubai launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Dubai launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign Admin 4 hours ago Local NewsDUBAI / WAMThe Dubai Health Authority (DHA), in coordination with Dubai's Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management and Covid-19 Command and Control Centre announced on Wednesday that it has commenced its Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The campaign will see the DHA providing the Pfizer- BioNTech vaccination, which has recently been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration and registered by the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). The DHA revealed that in the first phase of the rollout of the campaign, it will target four main categories; the first category includes Emirati and resident elders aged 60 years and above, people with chronic diseases and people of determination. The second category includes frontliners in both the public and private sectors. The third category includes vital-sector workers and the fourth category includes members of the public who wish to get vaccinated.The DHA stated that it has approved specific numbers from each vaccination category according to the planned stages and priorities. 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;