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1.媒體來源:
金融時報

2.記者署名:
Simeon Kerr

3.完整新聞標題:
UAE rolls out free Chinese vaccines to all citizens and residents
阿聯酋向所有公民和居民免費提供中國疫苗

4.完整新聞內文:
The United Arab Emirates is offering free Covid-19 vaccinations to all citiz
ens and residents as it pushes ahead in the global race to achieve nationwid
e immunity against the coronavirus.
阿聯酋正在向所有公民和居民提供免費的新冠疫苗接種，以在全球范圍內努力實現對新
冠病毒的免疫。

A vaccine developed by China’s Sinopharm and registered for use by Emirati
authorities this month is available at public and private clinics, and field
 hospitals across the Gulf federation’s seven emirates. While other countries are vaccinating according to age and vulnerability, th
e UAE, which in September approved emergency use of the jab for frontline me
dical staff, has expanded access to all adults across the population of 1m n
ationals and more than 8m foreign residents.


Dubai, the country’s tourism and commercial hub, has only one public locati
on for vaccinations so far, a temporary field hospital in a theme park compl
ex. Security guards said they admitted more than 1,200 cars a day last week,
 some of which queued for hours to access the facility.


Inside, government medics were administering more than a thousand doses a da
y on a first-come, first served basis, with priority given to those at highe
r risk of severe symptoms.
在醫院里，政府的醫護人員按照先到先得的原則，每天可以接種一千多劑，優先考慮那
些有嚴重癥狀風險的人。

“The field hospital is incredible, nicer than most hospitals back in the UK
,” said British expatriate Trina Mole, who runs Hanz & Oley, a Dubai-based
pet supplies business. “The atmosphere was great, really friendly — I had
expected a stressed environment, but maybe everyone had found some relief th
at we finally got a way forward out of this pandemic.”


In Abu Dhabi and other emirates, multiple state-run health centres and priva
te-sector hospitals and clinics are offering the jab.
在阿布扎比和其他酋長國，多家國營醫療中心和私營醫院及診所正在提供這種疫苗。

The UAE — a small, wealthy country — has limited the spread and impact of
the virus thanks in part to its large, relatively young expatriate populatio
n and broad compliance with restrictions among the population. The country h
as one of the highest per-capita testing rates.


Dubai imposed one of the world’s strictest lockdowns in April but gradually
 opened its outward-facing economy from May. Abu Dhabi maintained tougher re
strictions than other emirates, erecting a border through which no one could
 pass without a negative test. The capital earlier this month said it would
also resume normal activities ahead of the new year.


While the vaccination programme is voluntary, the government is encouraging
the population to take the jab. Some residents are reluctant to get vaccinat
ed and some western officials reported anxiety among their nationals about p
otential long-term side effects of the shot.
雖然疫苗接種計劃是自愿的，但政府鼓勵民眾接種疫苗。一些居民不愿意接種疫苗，一
些西方官員報告說，他們的國民對疫苗可能產生的長期副作用感到焦慮。

The Sinopharm vaccine was tested on 31,000 volunteers in the UAE and found t
o be 86 per cent effective, according the UAE government. But no further dat
a or analysis has been released about the vaccine or the trial process. Info
rmation released on the vaccines developed by Moderna, Pfzier/BioNTech and A
straZeneca, all under review or approved in the UK, the US or EU, has been f
ar more detailed.


Efforts are under way to encourage take-up of the vaccine. Sheikh Mohammed b
in Rashid al-Maktoum, Dubai’s ruler, tweeted a picture of himself being ino
culated in November to his 10m followers


UAE Team Emirates, a professional cycling team, has said it plans to vaccina
te its staff and riders, who include this year’s Tour de France champion Ta
dej Pogacar, at a January training camp.
阿聯酋的一個專業的自行車隊Emirates，已經表示計劃在一月份的一個訓練營中為其工
作人員和車手接種疫苗，其中包括今年環法自行車賽冠軍Tadej Pogacar

And in one government office, staff have been told to wear a pin showing the
ir vaccination status after the jab is administered in their workplace from
this week. Employees yet to be vaccinated will wear a yellow pin; those have
 received one dose will wear a red pin; and those who completed the two-dose
 course will wear a green pin.


5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://www.ft.com/content/538db451-b165-4754-be53-da29b268e227

6.備註:
鄉民們一定酸阿聯酋是小破窮國XD

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