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UAE: 71,886 Covid vaccine doses administered in 24 hours

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Dubai - Quad countries pledge to donate more than 1.2 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses globally

Published: Sat 25 Sep 2021, 3:49 PM

Updated: Sat 25 Sep 2021, 4:01 PM

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The UAE has administered 71,886 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in the past 24 hours.

The country's Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) said the total doses administered now stand at 19.8 million.

This takes the rate of doses to 200.67 per 100 people.

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Meanwhile, The Quad countries — United States, India, Japan and Australia — have pledged to donate more than 1.2 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses globally, in addition to the vaccines financed through Covax.

In a joint statement, released by the White House on Friday, the countries said that 79 million coronavirus vaccine doses have already been collectively delivered to the Indo-Pacific region.



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