ABU DHABI 1 November 2020: China’s health authorities have announced approval of the Sinopharm vaccine for general use on the population. Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention noted that the […]
ABU DHABI 1 January 2020: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that the vaccine for the inactive Covid-19 virus is now available in all health centres around the country to all citizens and […]
LONDON 31 December 2020: Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, as it battles a major winter surge driven by a […]
DUBAI 24 December 2020: Covid-19 vaccination campaign has been started by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), in coordination with Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management and the Covid-19 Command and Control Centre. The […]
DUBAI 24 December 2020: Emirates SkyCargo has started flying in Covid-19 vaccines manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech to the UAE for the first time for the Dubai Health Authority (DHA). The vaccines were transported from Brussels on […]
ABU DHABI 23 December 2020: UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) yesterday announced the emergency registration of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid -19 vaccine. The decision comes in response to a request by Pfizer to approve the […]
LONDON 9 December 2020: The United Kingdom on Tuesday became the first country to start vaccinating its population against Covid-19 that has killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide and sickened tens of millions more. […]
DUBAI 4 November 2020: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday received the coronavirus, Covid-19, vaccine. In a tweet on the occasion, […]
ABU DHABI 14 October 2020: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), plans to get frontline health workers vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA). Its Director-General, […]
ABU DHABI 13 October 2020: Phase III clinical trials of an adenovirus-based vaccine will commence in the UAE. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, is partnering with Aurugulf Health Investment, on […]