UAE aims to vaccinate all of its adult population before the end of 2021, and the vaccination drive in the country is in full swing. And right from Pfizer to Sputnik V, almost all the vaccines are now available in the UAE. In terms of vaccine, Abu Dhabi has now announced that some fully vaccinated members can take a different Covid-19 vaccine than previously received. Read on to know more.
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People Who Have Received Sinopharm In The Past Can Now Take Pfizer As Booster Shot In Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is now allowing the mixing of the covid-19 vaccine for the first time. People who have received two doses of the Sinopharm vaccine in the past can now voluntarily take the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the Mubadala Health vaccination centre. As per the reports in Reuters, the UAE and Bahrain have made Pfizer vaccine available as a booster shot for those who have initially received Sinopharm. The booster shot can be taken three months after the second shot.
Both Patient And Doctor Should Fill Up A Consent Form Before Taking The Shot
In terms of the booster shot, it is available only at Mubadala Health vaccination for now, and one has to take a prior appointment and have a doctor’s consent before taking the shot.So if you have taken Sinopharm in the past and now want to take Pfizer as a booster shot, you would have to fill a consent form titled: ‘Consent to take different Covid-19 vaccine type, than the previously received vaccine type’. And your doctor has to fill a consent form too. These consent forms are available for free at the centre.
For the form ‘for the use of the physician’, a doctor needs to verify the dates of the earlier doses and then inform an application that there are no evidence-based scientific studies regarding the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in case of combining different Covid-19 vaccines. The doctor must also inform the applicants about the common side effects. And once all this is done, the doctor can sign the consent form and permit them to take the booster shot.