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UAE Covid vaccine: 193,187 residents vaccinated in 24 hours

Dubai - The country administered over a million doses in less than a week.

Published: Sat 6 Feb 2021, 3:58 PM

Updated: Sat 6 Feb 2021, 4:04 PM

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Photo: Ryan Lim

The UAE has vaccinated 193,187 residents against Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.

The country's Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) said the total doses administered now stands at 4.2 million. This takes the rate of doses per 100 people to 42.48.

The UAE crossed the 4 million vaccination doses mark on Friday.

An analysis suggests that one million doses were administered in a week's time.

While the drive started in December, the first million-mark was achieved on January 10, next milestone on January 19 and three million doses administered by January 29. The fourth million was achieved on February 5.

Meanwhile, authorities in Abu Dhabi that 70 per cent of government staff will work from home.

They have also mandated weekly PCR tests for unvaccinated employees.



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