UAE brings down age prerequisite for COVID-19 immunizations to 16

UAE brings down age prerequisite for COVID-19 immunizations to 16

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  • Post By : Kumar Jeetendra

  • Source: Reuters

  • Date: 18 Jan,2021

The United Arab Emirates has lowered the minimum age requirement to be given a COVID-19 vaccination to 16, from 18 before, the ministry of health said on Sunday.

The UAE, made of up seven emirates, is offering all residents and citizens free of charge a vaccine manufactured by Chinese state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm.

The emirate of Dubai alone is offering citizens and residents the choice of the Sinopharm or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

The statement carried by the country’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority did not define which vaccine the new minimum age applied to.

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