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The booster shot would be available to people considered at high risk three months after their second vaccine dose
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The regional tourism and business hub has among the world’s highest immunization rates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will give a booster jab of the Covid vaccine to everyone who has had two shots of the vaccine already. This was stated by the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) said on Tuesday.
It said on Twitter the booster shot would be available to people considered at high risk three months after their second vaccine dose, and six months for others.
The Gulf state, which has approved five types of COVID-19 vaccines, had in June begun providing booster shots to those initially immunized with a vaccine developed by the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm).
The regional tourism and business hub has among the world’s highest immunization rates. Around 79 percent of the population of roughly 9 million had received one vaccine dose, while some 70 percent had been fully vaccinated, according to latest official data.
