In Pictures: Dubai residents queue up to receive COVID-19 vaccination

A resident getting Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at Zabeel Primary Health Centre. It was smooth sailing at the Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA’s) Primary Health Centre in Zabeel as national and expatriates walked in by appointment for their Pfizer-BioNtech vaccination for COVID-19, which has a proven efficacy of up to 95 per cent.

An Emirati gets vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus at Al Barsha Health Centre in Dubai.

The entire process is being managed very efficiently at the centre while observing the COVID-19 protocols strictly and candidates walked in one by one for the vaccine. Above, a resident getting his blood pressure checked before taking Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at Zabeel Primary Health Centre.

The vaccination, which is free-of-charge for all Dubai residents, is given in two doses within a gap of 21 days. it is being administered after residents make a call on the DHA hotline 800342. A unique MRN (Medical Registration Number) is issued. Based on this MRN, residents are able to taken an appointment at the nearest Primary Health Centre through the DHA app. The vaccinations are being administered at the six DHA Primary Health Centres at Zabeel, Al Mizhar, Nad Al Hammar, Al Barsha, Uptown Mirdif and Hatta Hospital.

The Dubai Health Authority rolled out the vaccination campaign last week in coordination with the Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management and the COVID-19 Command and Control Centre. Currently this is the first phase of the vaccination campaign where focus is on Emirati citizens, residents above 60 years of age, residents with co-morbidities and people of determination are being administered the vaccine doses. The gap between two doses of the vaccine is 21 days.

A paramedic getting the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine ready before administering to a resident at Zabeel Primary Health Centre.

A resident getting Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at Zabeel Primary Health Centre on Sunday 27 December 2020 Photo: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News

A health worker administering a dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a medical center in the Dubai,

A sign indicates the way to the coronavirus vaccination service at al-Barsha Health Centre.

A nurse displays a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Despite the vaccination drive, DHA and all UAE authorities have requested all UAE residents not to drop their guard and continue to observe all COVID-19 protocols such as wearing of face masks, hand washing, observing social distance and use of hand sanitisers. In the meantime, the DHA has stepped its testing drive, continuing to conduct over 80,000 PCR tests per day.

A paramedic getting the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine ready before administering to a resident at Zabeel Primary Health Centre on Sunday 27 December 2020 Photo: Virendra Saklani/Gulf News