Abu Dhabi begins offering Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

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A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi is now offering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents, with 11 completely different vaccination centres stocking the jab.

That is along with greater than 100 centres within the emirate additionally persevering with to supply the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, introduced the Division of Well being, Abu Dhabi’s well being regulator.

Just like the Sinopharm vaccine, the Pfizer vaccine photographs can be administered freed from cost to eligible residents. However residents should first e book an appointment on the designated vaccination centres, which embody six public clinics underneath the Abu Dhabi Well being Companies Firm (Seha) and 5 non-public centres operated by Mubadala Well being.

The announcement follows reminders by authorities officers on Tuesday for all residents aged 16 years and older to get vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19. In a media briefing, Dr Saif Al Dhaheri, spokesperson for the Nationwide Emergency, Disaster and Disasters Administration Authority, stated stricter measures are being thought of to limit the motion of unvaccinated people within the UAE.

The place to get Pfizer vaccine in Abu Dhabi:

Public amenities by the Abu Dhabi Well being Companies Firm (Seha): Al Zaafaranah Diagnostic and Screening Centre, Madinat Mohamed Bin Zayed Healthcare Centre, Al Bahia Healthcare Centre. Name 80050 to e book an appointment.

Non-public centres: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Healthpoint Hospital, Capital Well being Screening Centre at Al Jazira Sports activities Membership, Capital Well being Screening Centre at Mubadala Tower. Name 8004959 or e mail mcv@telemed.ae to e book an appointment.

Seha clinics: Oud Al Touba Diagnostic and Screening Centre, Neima Healthcare Centre. Name 80050 to e book an appointment.

Non-public centres: Capital Well being Screening Centre. Name 8004959 or e mail mcv@telemed.ae to e book an appointment.

Seha clinic: Al Dhafra Household Medication Centre. Name 80050 to e book an appointment.