UAE achieves 100% Covid vaccination: Meet the residents who got the jab first

UAE achieves 100% Covid vaccination: Meet the residents who got the jab first

Sinopharm was the first mass vaccine to be used in the country

By SM Ayaz Zakir Published: Thu 2 Jun 2022, 7:21 PM

The UAE has completed vaccinating all target groups against Covid-19 following a countrywide campaign that aimed at providing the jab to all eligible residents.

Sinopharm was the first mass vaccine to be used in the country in December 2020. Residents who got their jabs then, said the procedure was simple, but it was time consuming due to the huge rush for vaccinations. However, for frontline workers there was no delay in receiving the jab, some of them even got vaccinated before the mass drive began.

Dr Sudheer Salavudeen, specialist general and laparoscopic surgery, Aster Hospital in Qusais, was among the few who took the jab on November 2020, at the Ministry of Health and Prevention Center in Sharjah.

“It is a day of pride for the UAE to have achieved 100 per cent vaccination rate. We successfully battled the pandemic because we protected ourselves by getting vaccinated,” said Dr Salavuddeen.

It was a tense situation at the hospital at that time as many patients were suffering from severe Covid symptoms, he said. “It was one of the toughest times for us. People were