UAE to offer booster shot to recipients of Sinopharm vaccine

UAE to offer booster shot to recipients of Sinopharm vaccine
Empty vials of the Sinopharm vaccine (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

The United Arab Emirates has announced it will begin offering booster shots to those who received the Chinese state-backed Sinopharm vaccine six months after vaccination.

The brief statement comes after some in the UAE received a third shot amid concerns of a low antibody response from the vaccine. Last month, China’s top disease control official, in a rare acknowledgement, said current vaccines offer low protection against the coronavirus.

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