The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) now has seven centers offering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine following the announcement of the establishment of its seventh center at the Al Safa Primary Health Care Center.

According to DHA in a Facebook post on Saturday, this is in response to the huge demand after a notable turnout of the ongoing vaccination campaign against COVID-19.

Dr. Farida Al Khaja, CEO of Clinical Support Services and Nursing Sector at the DHA and Chairperson of the COVID-19 Vaccination Steering Committee said in a report by Gulf News that the establishing of more centers is part of its vaccination plan which was formulated in a flexible manner to meet the growing requirements and demand.

Other centers offering the vaccine include Al Barsha Health Center, Abeel Health Center, Al Mizhar Health Center, Hatta Hospital, Uptown Occupational Health Screening Center, and Zabeel Health Center.

Vaccines are given for free to targeted people in four main categories.

The first category includes elders who are 60-year-old and above, people with chronic disease and people with disabilities. The second category includes frontliners in both public and private sectors. The third category includes vital-sector workers and the fourth category will be open to all those who wish to get vaccinated based on approved international and local protocols.

Priorities for vaccination are given to the first three categories.