UAE administers 42,503 COVID-19 vaccine doses

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Another 42,503 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 17,288,318 with a distribution rate of 174.80 doses per 100 people.

Around 72.68 per cent of the UAE population is fully vaccinated, while 81.67per cent has received the first dose.

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