covid-19 vaccination in the united arab emirates covid-19 vaccination in the united arab emirates the covid-19 vaccination in the united arab emirates is an ongoing mass immunization campaign, in response to the ongoing pandemic. covid-19 vaccination in the united arab emiratesdatedecember 2020 – presentlocationunited arab emiratescausecovid-19 pandemic in the united arab emiratestargetimmunization against covid-19organised byministry of healthparticipants16,444,844 total doses administered first dose: 7,684,876 second dose: 6,765,065 outcome 77.70% of the emirati population has received at least one dose of a vaccine 68.40% has received both doses of a vaccine websiteunited arab emirates covid-19 data in december 2020, the vaccination campaign began after its authorization of emergency use of sinopharm bibp covid-19 vaccine. the ministry of health and prevention (mohap) has approved six covid-19 vaccines; the following are: sinopharm bibp, pfizer-biontech, sputnik v, oxford–astrazeneca, moderna, and sinopharm cnbg. background covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2). the first reported case of sars-cov-2 was identified in wuhan, hubei, china. in january 2020, first cases of covid-19 was reported in the united arab emirates. approvals the united arab emirates has issued an approval of emergency use on the following dates: 9 december 2020 – sinopharm bibp covid-19 vaccine. 22 december 2020 – pfizer-biontech covid-19 vaccine. 21 january 2021 – sputnik v covid-19 vaccine. february – oxford–astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine. 4 july 2021 – moderna covid-19 vaccine. 27 december 2021 – sinopharm cnbg covid-19 vaccine. progress