UAE vaccine doses cross 16.9 million

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More than 16.9 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE so far.

Another 51,290 doses were given in the past 24 hours.

It takes the total to 16,935,702 with a distribution rate of 171.23 doses per 100 people.

Around 71.22 per cent of the UAE population is fully vaccinated, while 79.55 per cent has received the first dose.

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