know about how and where to get vaccinated in dubai in 2024

Vaccinations are important for every individual across the world now. As we can see, many people died due to COVID-19. Lack of oxygen, remedial injections that treat COVID patients, lack of hospital beds and the ICU wards filled with a lot of patients everywhere. 

People are dying due to no treatment being done on them and family members are panicking outside hospitals for beds and treatment for their family members suffering. Vaccinations are very important in order to prevent the virus from harming our lungs. 

Dubai has taken a brave step to provide vaccinations for free to all the citizens across the country, so that each and every person is being vaccinated and the virus does not do much harm to any individual in the country.

As we can see, not every person around is able to buy the vaccine, but he or she is also a human being. It is a mandatory decision for the health ministers of every country on how to provide the vaccines to the economically lower-class population.

Vaccination in Dubai

The UAE has been on a full-fledged vaccination drive since December. They have vaccinations going on in the whole country with Pfizer, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, and Sputnik V Vaccines. They have also started to manufacture their vaccine, Hayat Vax, in collaboration with G42 and Sinopharm CNBG.

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Eligibility for the vaccination:

The eligible citizen can take the vaccines anywhere in the UAE free of charge. The vaccines are available to all citizens and people staying there who are over 16 years of age. Sinopharm is only available from the age of 18 years, whereas the Pfizer vaccine is reduced up to 16 years. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be available for anyone over the age of 18 years, whereas 18-65 was discussed previously.

Only a few categories can go get vaccines from the centres without an appointment and get the vaccine doses as a priority:

1. UAE nationals and household workers
2. Elderly people and residents (60 years of age and older)
3. People suffering from chronic illnesses
4.  People working in the health and education centres

For other people, it is mandatory to get an appointment.

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Remember, a few people aren’t eligible for vaccine shots.

1. Person with a convulsion history.
2. Epilepsy, encephalopathy, or mental illness.
3. One with recent allergies.
4. One with disorders like myelitis 
5. Those who had participated in phase 3 clinical trials
6. Coagulation dysfunction
7. If taken as a live-attenuated vaccine in the recent day

The DHA has declared that pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and the ones who are planning to conceive can take the Pfizer vaccine. COVID-19 people can also take the shots as soon as they are out of their quarantine period so they won't have to wait for 3 months.

Make an appointment on-call or on-app:

The authorities like the Ministry of Health and Prevention, Abu Dhabi Services Co., Dubai Health Authorities, and the Department of Health. By calling any one of these authorities, you can make an appointment.
For booking online appointments through the app, there are different apps for the region for vaccine booking and easy-to-follow steps from the Google Store. When registration is done on the app, a confirmation SMS will be sent to you for the appointment booked.

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Private vaccine providers:

Mediclinic: They have Sinopharms vaccines available at many facilities. People can make an appointment by calling Mediclinic by calling their numbers for Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Dubai. After you reach the centre, whichever day is appointed to you, you will be told to show your Emirates ID and Al Hosn application on your smartphone. The person working there will register your name and other personal details and administer a pre-vaccination assessment.

You will have to read and sign the consent forms, and then you will be prescribed and administered the vaccine. 

VPS Healthcare

People who are aged 18 years and older and stay in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Al Dhafra and Sharjah can benefit from the COVID vaccine, free of charge, at any VPS healthcare's vaccination by just calling the number or by registering on the website.

NMC healthcare 

The vaccines are available at these six facilities of the NMC in Abu Dhabi for all Emirates nationals and UAE residents.

•  NMC specialty hospital-Madinat Zayed 
•  NMc Royal Hospital, Khalifa City
•  NMC Royal medical Centre-Karama
• NMC Royal Medical Centre-Shahama
• Bareen International Hospital, Zayed city 
• NMC specialty Hospital-Al Ain

Mubadala Health

Recently, they have started to give the Pfizer vaccine at 5 of its facilities. You can send an email to their official email ID to book an appointment at a Mubadala health vaccination centre.

• Cleveland Clinic
• Healthpoint Clinic
• Al Jazeera Sports Club
• Mubadala Tower
• Capital Health Al Ain City Branch

Vaccination Centres 

More than 200 free vaccination centres have been set up in the whole of the UAE.

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Where to get free vaccinations in the UAE?

There are many places in Dubai giving away locals and citizens of the UAE vaccines free of cost. The DHA has availed registration through their toll-free number and via the app as well. During Ramadan, the centres will provide the vaccines only at the times mentioned below:

⦁ 9 am to 4 pm and 9 pm to 12 am from Sunday to Thursday, 
⦁ 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
On the last day of Ramadan, the centres will be provided only in the morning slot. They will be closed on the 7th and 8th of May.

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