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More than 17.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in UAE

Saturday, 14 August 2021 16:17

istock - Debbie Galbraith

As many as 50,178 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE in the past 24 hours.

The total number of doses provided so far stands at 17,363,341 with a distribution rate of 175.56 doses per 100 people.

Around 72.87 per cent of the UAE population is fully vaccinated, while 82.23 per cent has received the first dose.

50,178 doses of #COVID19 vaccine administered in past 24 hours: MoHAP.#TogetherWeRecover #WamNews pic.twitter.com/V9HJ2qvqp2
— WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) August 14, 2021

Latest #COVID19 vaccine developments 82.23% of UAE population received first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 72.87% received two doses of the vaccine.#WamNews pic.twitter.com/nXFQ1XQJOr
— WAM English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) August 14, 2021

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