UAE Lowers Age Requirement for COVID-19 Vaccines to 16

Gulf

January 17th, 4:49pm

Asharq Al-Awsat

A UAE citizen receives the COVID-19 vaccination. The Government of Dubai Media Office

The United Arab Emirates has lowered the minimum age requirement to receive a COVID-19 vaccination to 16, from 18 previously, the ministry of health said on Sunday. The UAE is offering all residents and citizens free of charge a vaccine manufactured by Chinese state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm. Dubai alone is offering citizens and residents the choice of either the Sinopharm or the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The statement carried by the country's National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority did not specify which vaccine the new minimum age applied to.

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