The Ministry of Health and Prevention has announced the Moderna vaccine has been approved for emergency use in the UAE.
The vaccine has an efficacy of 94.1% against the COVID-19 virus.
The US Food and Drug Administration gave authorisation for the use of the vaccine on 18 December 2020.
The vaccine will be administered in two shots with booster shots required after six months.
The Moderna vaccine will be the fifth vaccine available in the UAE including, Sinopharm, Pfizer-BioNTech, Oxford-AstraZeneca and Sputnik V.