The COVID-19 vaccination in the United Arab Emirates is an ongoing mass immunization campaign, in response to the ongoing pandemic.
Date | December 2020 – present |
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Location | United Arab Emirates |
Cause | COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates |
Target | Immunization against COVID-19 |
Organised by | Ministry of Health |
Participants | 16,444,844 total doses administered[1]
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Website | United Arab Emirates COVID-19 Data |
In December 2020, the vaccination campaign began after its authorization of emergency use of Sinopharm BIBP COVID-19 vaccine.[2][3]
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) has approved six COVID-19 vaccines; the following are: Sinopharm BIBP, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sputnik V, Oxford–AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Sinopharm CNBG.[4]
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first reported case of SARS-CoV-2 was identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China. In January 2020, first cases of COVID-19 was reported in the United Arab Emirates.[5]
The United Arab Emirates has issued an approval of emergency use on the following dates: