UAE: New Covid-19 vaccination, testing centre opens in Ajman

A new Covid-19 vaccination and testing centre has opened in Ajman University.

It is located in the Sheikh Zayed Exhibitions and Conferences Hall and provides free services to all citizens and the university’s students and staff, reported news agency WAM.

The centre was launched in cooperation with the Ajman Medical Zone and Tamouh Health Care and is part of an academic partnership between Ajman University and Tamouh Health Care.

It offers both Covid-19 PCR nasal swab tests as well as the rapid DPI testing.

The centre operates for 12 hours daily from Saturday through to Thursday (it is closed on Fridays).

It has designated rooms for men and women. Those who want to undergo a Covid-19 test or receive the vaccine are required present a copy of their Emirates ID.

In other related Covid-19 news from the emirate, permits for all Ramadan tents and Iftar gatherings in Ajman for 2021 have been cancelled.

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Restaurants and cafes in the emirate have been instructed to close daily by 11pm, while authorities recently shut down a retail outlet in Ajman and fined its Dhs5,000 too for violating Covid-19 precautionary measures.

In-classroom learning across all schools and nurseries in Ajman were also suspended indefinitely last month.

Read: UAE’s Ministry of Education shifts all schools and nurseries to 100% distance learning in Ajman