Where can I get my child vaccinated against Covid-19 in Abu Dhabi?

List of clinics offering Sinopharm in the UAE capital, Al Dhafra and Al Ain released

Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court, speaks to a girl as she waits to receive a vaccine dose in a new Sinopharm trial for children.

Nine hundred children aged between 3 and 17 will receive the doses in the trial.

Volunteers are checked for side effects and monitored.

A girl gives a thumbs-up as she undergoes a basic medical check.

Although most adults have now received at least one vaccine shot, most children are not inoculated against the virus.

In Dubai, vaccines have already been given to some children aged 12 to 15, and to many aged between 16 and 18.

Parents can now take children to a number of walk-in vaccination clinics in Abu Dhabi after Sinopharm was approved for use in youngsters aged 3 to 17.

After a series of clinical trials involving 900 young volunteers in the emirate, the vaccine was approved for emergency use by the Ministry of Health. It is voluntary.

Children can be vaccinated at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre; Al Mushrif Majlis; Al Bateen Majlis; Al Manhal Majlis; as well as Al Mushrif Children’s Specialty Centre - Seha and Al Mushrif Majlis.

The vaccine is also available in Al Ain.

Children can visit Al Towayya Children’s Specialty Centre - Seha, Falaj Hazza Majlis and the Al Kubaisi Hall of Al Ain Exhibition Centre.

Families living in the Al Dhafra region will also have access to the Sinopharm vaccine at Al Dhafra Family Medicine Centre; Al Dhafra Co-operative Society; Ghayati Hospital; Liwa Hospital; Marfa Hospital; Sila Hospital; and Delma Hospital.

Pupils in Abu Dhabi aged 16 and over, along with teachers and staff, must be vaccinated before entering school when the new term starts on August 29.

On Monday, the Ministry of Education said that requirement would be extended across the country.

Dubai's private schools, which are overseen by a separate education regulator, are not affected by the decision and do not yet require over 16s to be vaccinated - although many were last term.

Israel first to roll out Pfizer third shot to battle Delta - in pictures

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal receive their third coronavirus vaccine injections at Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara receive their third doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Tel Aviv.

Israel has launched a campaign to give booster shots to people 60 years and over.

An Israeli health worker prepares to administer a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine at a Maccabi Health Service clinic in Jerusalem.

More than 57 per cent of the country’s 9.3 million citizens have received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Israel is the first country to offer a third dose of a Western vaccine to its citizens on a wide scale.

Anyone over 60 who was vaccinated more than five months ago will be eligible for a third vaccine.

Neither the US nor the EU have approved coronavirus booster shots.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, first right from centre, said a team of expert advisers had agreed it made sense to launch the booster campaign.

Mr Bennett said the recommendation was made after 'considerable research and analysis'.

Israel said its research behind the third vaccine would be shared around the world.

The decision to offer booster shots to older citizens comes at a time of rising infections and signs the vaccine’s efficacy dwindles over time.