25,000 air miles with Citibank
Benefits: Sign up for an Emirates Citibank Ultima credit card and receive 25,000 sign-up Emirates Skywards Miles and a further 10,000 miles on the yearly payment of your membership fee. The miles are credited to your card account 45 days after you have paid the fee.
Beware of: Your minimum income must be Dh37,000 and the annual card fee is Dh3,000.
Discounts on British Airways with Emirates NBD
Benefits: Use your Emirates NBD credit card to book flights from the UAE, Saudi Arabia or Egypt on British Airways and receive discounts of up to 10 per cent. The offer is only available using ba.com/emiratesnbd-ae. The promotion does not apply to infants and unaccompanied minors.
Beware of: The offer expires on September 30 and outbound travel must happen on or before December 31.
Travel discounts with Amex
Benefits: Use your American Express card to receive discounts on hotels, airlines and car rental. Deals include 10 per cent off fares with British Airways and Etihad Airways, special rates on lounge access at Dubai International Airport and deals on stays at the Fairmont Dubai, Sheraton and Kempinski Mall of the Emirates.
Beware of: All the offers have different expiry dates, so check whether they are still valid before you book.
business@thenational.ae
Follow The National's Business section on Twitter
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
COMPANY%20PROFILE
%3Cp%3E%3Cstrong%3ECompany%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20Eco%20Way%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EStarted%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20December%202023%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EFounder%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20Ivan%20Kroshnyi%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EBased%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20Dubai%2C%20UAE%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EIndustry%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20Electric%20vehicles%3Cbr%3E%3Cstrong%3EInvestors%3A%3C%2Fstrong%3E%20Bootstrapped%20with%20undisclosed%20funding.%20Looking%20to%20raise%20funds%20from%20outside%3Cbr%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A
Sinopharm vaccine explained
The Sinopharm vaccine was created using techniques that have been around for decades.
“This is an inactivated vaccine. Simply what it means is that the virus is taken, cultured and inactivated," said Dr Nawal Al Kaabi, chair of the UAE's National Covid-19 Clinical Management Committee.
"What is left is a skeleton of the virus so it looks like a virus, but it is not live."
This is then injected into the body.
"The body will recognise it and form antibodies but because it is inactive, we will need more than one dose. The body will not develop immunity with one dose," she said.
"You have to be exposed more than one time to what we call the antigen."
The vaccine should offer protection for at least months, but no one knows how long beyond that.
Dr Al Kaabi said early vaccine volunteers in China were given shots last spring and still have antibodies today.
“Since it is inactivated, it will not last forever," she said.
Yuki Means Happiness
Alison Jean Lester
John Murray