Dubai Health: The "Covid-19" vaccine targets 4 groups in health facilities

The Dubai Health Authority stated that the Covid-19 vaccine targets 4 categories of workers in health facilities in the emirate, and they are: medical staff, nursing staff, support professional staff, administrators, cleaners, correspondents, and others, and the authority has set 5 conditions for accepting candidates to receive vaccination.

Dubai Health clarified that the five conditions for accepting candidates from medical facilities to receive vaccination include the necessity for the vaccinated to be direct contacts with cases of Covid-19, such as the first line of health care providers (emergency, outpatient clinics, admission departments, operations, and other areas. Providing the service), and that the candidate to take the vaccine should be on the job in terms of providing the service and performing his job duties (not being a remote work practitioner), and not having been infected with Covid-19 virus during the past three months, and he has not previously obtained any vaccinations. Covid-19 virus, and it was not previously registered for vaccination in any of the centers providing the service

The authority confirmed that vaccination is not compulsory, but it is highly recommended, especially for health professionals who provide health services to patients with Covid-19 virus and for the purpose of prevention and protection from infection with the disease, and to ensure the continuity of the health system in providing the required service, and it is also the responsibility of the health facility to ensure the list Sent to the Dubai Health Authority and obtaining the approval of the candidates registered on the list.

The authority has identified 7 questions that the medical staff must answer, to obtain the vaccine, questions center around: infection during the past three months, receiving the Covid-19 vaccine in advance, either the first dose alone or the first and second doses, and having a severe allergic reaction to any vaccine, or Food, medicine, or substance, or carrying an automatic adrenaline injection. The fourth question aimed to inquire about taking any of the drugs or treatments (steroid, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunosuppressive drugs),

and suffering from epilepsy and its frequent seizures (one seizure per month or More), or any disease in the nervous system, and the extent of receiving any vaccination against any disease during the past four weeks, and the questions included an inquiry for females about pregnancy, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy during the next three months.

Dubai Health requires that the data be filled out only by the professional individual or employee wishing to receive the vaccination, and to bring the Emirates ID card when coming to the health center to receive the vaccination. The employee’s work card must be shown and the name of the health facility in which the applicant works is indicated, and that The applicant is responsible for the data provided.

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