The National COVID-19 Clinical Management Committee in the UAE has ruled that vaccine recipients can go home right away after receiving the jab.

The move is to underscore the safety of China’s Sinopharm vaccine, Al Bayan reported.

Dr. Nawal Al Kaabi, the Chairperson of the National COVID-19 Clinical Management Committee, said vaccine recipients were previously asked to wait for a stipulated period after taking the jab.

The waiting time was meant to ascertain whether the vaccine recipients were experiencing any adverse reactions or side-effects.

Initially, vaccine recipients were asked to wait for 30 minutes after taking the jab. The committee later on reduced the waiting time to 15 minutes and then to 10 minutes.

But with the new rule, vaccine recipients are already allowed to leave right away after taking the jab.

Dr. Al Kaabi stressed that Sinopharm is proven effective against the new strain of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. (CC)