UAE administers 59,747 vaccine doses

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Another 59,747 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 17,197,497 with a distribution rate of 173.88 doses per 100 people.

Around 72.46 per cent of the UAE population is fully vaccinated, while 80.97 per cent has received the first dose.

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