Pfizer-BioNTech to be part of active usage from today in the UAE

The first batch of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine has arrived in the United Arab Emirates as the nation plans to start its extensive inoculation campaign from Wednesday. 

The vaccine arrived in Dubai late on Tuesday promises 95 percent efficacy against the Covid-19 virus. Soon after the arrival, Dubai’s Supreme Committee for zCrisis and Disaster Management announced a "wide and free vaccination campaign against Covid-19 with the Pfizer vaccine,” which will commence immediately. 

Dubai has already authorised the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the government will soon start the vaccination drive, which is the second vaccine being made available in the UAE after the approval of Sinopharm jab. 

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The decision to approve the vaccine came after relevant tests were made and the vaccine was found to be safe and effective, reported a news agency WAM. The top official responsible for the vaccine safety, Dr Amin Hussein Al-Amiri, who is also the assistant undersecretary for the ministry's public health policy and licensing sector said the approval was only done after both international and local safety standards were met. 

A ruling also came from the UAE Fatwa council who said that the vaccine is allowed for usage in compliance with islam. 

The council said, "Coronavirus vaccination is classified under preventive medicines for individuals, as recommended by the Islamic faith, particularly in times of pandemic diseases when the healthy happen to be prone to infections due to the high risk of contracting the disease, therefore posing risk to the entire society.”

The council also added that even though there are some non-halal ingredients in the vaccines but the Islamic rule allows that in the case where there are no alternatives present, such ingredients can be used. 

This came after the Muslim population expressed concerns over use of vaccines as non-halal ingredients are not permissible under Islam but now, with this announcement, there conerns are also addressed. 

The approved mRNA vaccine was developed with the combined effort of US pharma company Pfizer and a German biotech company BioNTech. The vaccine doses must be kept below the temperature of -70 degree celsius to ensure that mRNA does not breakdown and exploit its impact. 


Source: 

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/health/coronavirus-dubai-to-start-using-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-as-health-officials-approve-emergency-use-across-country-1.1133407

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/health/first-pfizer-biontech-vaccines-arrive-in-dubai-1.1133504

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