Top Dubai government officials get COVID-19 vaccine

Dubai: Major General Rashid Thani Al Matrooshi, Director General of Dubai Civil Defence, and Fahad Ahmed Al Raisi, Dubai Government Workshop CEO, have taken their first shot of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine.

The move comes as part of Dubai Health Authority’s free vaccination drive against Covid-19.

DHA has earmarked six centres — Al Safa Primary Health Care Centre, Zabeel Primary Health Care Centre, Al Mizhar Primary Health Care Centre, Nad Al Hamr Primary Health Care Centre, Al Barsha Primary Health Care Centre, Uptown Mirdiff Primary Health Care Centre and Hatta Hospital — for its vaccination campaign.