Vaccination of 1m people in UAE dispels rumours

There is a rumour claiming that the vaccine causes allergies, and this is not true, as over a million people in the UAE have been vaccinated and no one has ever had an allergy

- Iman Abdullah Al Ali

DUBAI

The social media sites’ users and some individuals are circulating news about the COVID-19 vaccine without scientific support. Health authorities are keen to deny those rumours and misleading information since the beginning of the pandemic until the adoption of vaccines, according to Dr Hussein Abdul Rahman Al Rand, Assistant Undersecretary of Health Centres and Clinics Sector, and Chairman of the National Committee for the Implementation of the Provisions of International Health Regulations and Prevention of Pandemics, who affirmed that the news is just a rumour.

Al Rand said: “There is a rumour claiming that the vaccine causes allergies, and this is not true, as more than a million people in the UAE have been vaccinated and no one has ever had an allergy. Another rumour claims that a person who has been infected with corona does not need the vaccine, and this is also not true because the doctor is the one who evaluates it on the basis of an antibody test, then determines whether the person needs a vaccine or not.”