UAE vaccinates 3.48 million people against COVID-19

The UAE provided the coronavirus vaccine to 3,480,415 residents in the country, corresponding to 44.89 percent of the target, state news agency WAM reported on Tuesday citing health sector spokeswoman Dr. Farida al-Hosani.

Al-Hosani said that a total of 5,668,264 coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered, with a rate of vaccine distribution of 57.31 doses per 100 people. The vaccine was given to 57.7 percent of residents over 60 years of age.

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The country has so far approved the Sputnik V, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Sinopharm vaccines and the inoculation drive is currently operating from over 100 different sites across the UAE.

“We noticed a gradual decrease in registered cases during the past two weeks, due to executing all national protocols, and tightening supervision by the authorities. These are good indications of the general improvement in the epidemiological situation,” al-Hosani added…

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From Al Arabiya - February 24, 2021