Residents of Abu Dhabi have been directed to take a booster shot of the Sinopharm Covid vaccine by September 20, six months after taking the second dose of the vaccine.
Recorded Covid deaths top 100,000 in Iran
Iranian health officials have acknowledged that the ministry's figures understate the real toll
Booster shot for all fully vaccinated UAE individuals
The dose will be given three months after second dose for high risk individuals and after six months for the rest.
UAE children aged 3-17 to receive Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
The UAE has decided to inoculate children between the ages of 3 and 17 with Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm. Children between 12 and 15 are aleady being inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine.
Morocco to produce Sinopharm vaccine
The country will invest $500m to produce 5 million doses a month Africa's first national vaccination program aimed at inoculating 80 percent of the population Morocco will be producing the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm locally, involving an investment of around $500 million, a report said. About 5 million doses could...Pfizer-Biotech vaccine considered safest by UAE, Saudi residents
Pfizer jab more likely to be trusted by 25-34 age group adults AstraZeneca vaccine considered second safest vaccine in both countries Dubai: Most residents of the UAE and Saudi Arabia believe the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine is the safest among the available Covid-19 vaccines, according to a study by market research firm,...Chinese jab added hurdle for some African visitors to EU
Travelers to Europe must be inoculated with the AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines The Chinese vaccines Sinovac and Sinopharm have been the most widely used on the African continent Europe is gradually re-opening to vaccinated travelers as coronavirus restrictions ease, but in some African nations such...
