Home Covid-19 UAE Deputy PM Sheikh Saif bin Zayed receives first dose of Covid-19 vaccine Taking to Twitter, he extended his gratitude to the healthcare professionals by Zainab Mansoor October 20, 2020 The UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was administered a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Taking to Twitter, he extended his gratitude to the healthcare professionals. “I thank the medical staff and the vaccinators; I wish everyone safety,” he tweeted. أشكر الطاقم الطبي والقائمين على التطعيم أتمنى السلامة للجميع#تم_التطعيم pic.twitter.com/NR8zSMS4q1 — سيف بن زايد آل نهيان (@SaifBZayed) October 19, 2020 Several health officials in the UAE have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine last month. This includes Dr. Youssif Al Serkal, assistant under-secretary for the hospital sector and director general of the Emirates Health Services Corporation; Dr. Hussein Abdel Rahman Al-Rand, under-secretary of the ministry’s health assistant sector, health centres, and clinics; and Awad Saghir Al Ketbi, assistant under-secretary of the support services sector. Read: Health officials in UAE receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine That was preceded by the UAE’s minister of Health and Prevention, Abdul Rahman Al Owais, receiving the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine too. Read more: UAE health minister gets first dose of Covid-19 vaccine The UAE reported 915 new cases of the Covid-19 infection on October 19, scaling the total infection count past 116,000. Tags Covid-19 Vaccine healthcare professionals Minister of Interior pandemic UAE 0 Comments You might also like Flying Taxis: How Archer aims to revolutionise travel in the UAE UAE to announce petrol, diesel prices for January; will rates drop in 2024? How REITs are unlocking the potential of UAE real estate GCC region M&A blazes trail as global deals decline