• Dubai Parks and Resorts vaccination centre accepts people from 9am to 5pm. People can receive Sinopharm or Pfizer-BioNTech
    Dubai Parks and Resorts vaccination centre accepts people from 9am to 5pm. People can receive Sinopharm or Pfizer-BioNTech
  • Nearly 5,000 people are inoculated daily at Dubai Parks and Resorts vaccination centre. All photos by Pawan Singh / The National.
    Nearly 5,000 people are inoculated daily at Dubai Parks and Resorts vaccination centre. All photos by Pawan Singh / The National.
  • Dr Mohammad Nour Al Saeed says the centre started vaccinating 600 people daily when it was first set up but the numbers have now reached 5,000
    Dr Mohammad Nour Al Saeed says the centre started vaccinating 600 people daily when it was first set up but the numbers have now reached 5,000
  • The centre also accepts walk-ins but people must register on arrival and undergo a comprehensive health assessment to confirm eligibility
    The centre also accepts walk-ins but people must register on arrival and undergo a comprehensive health assessment to confirm eligibility
  • People can receive the Sinopharm or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the centre
    People can receive the Sinopharm or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the centre

Education

Coronavirus: 85 per cent of Dubai teachers vaccinated with first dose

Schools that have a majority of teachers vaccinated get a special mention from KHDA on social media

Anam Rizvi
Anam Rizvi
UAE

May 04, 2021

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More than eight in 10 private school teachers in Dubai have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The number of teachers who got the first dose increased from 70 per cent to 85 per cent in two weeks, the emirate's private school regulator announced.

The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has been taking to social media to encourage schools to get teachers inoculated.

Dubai has 210 private schools, and those that have a majority of their staff vaccinated get a special mention from the authorities.

"A big (virtual) bear hug to Ranches Primary School, Kings School Al Barsha, Lycée Français Int'l, Victory Heights Primary School & Hartland Int'l School - 93% of staff vaccinated!" KHDA wrote on Twitter.

In April, it said teachers and staff at schools in Dubai who are eligible for a vaccine but have not taken it must undergo weekly PCR tests at their own expense.

Staff not eligible for the vaccine or who have had their first dose would be exempt from testing.

In January, 60 per cent of private education staff – 15,000 people –  in Abu Dhabi received the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine following a two-week vaccination drive organised by the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge, the

emirate's private school regulator.

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