UAE administers 82,549 vaccine doses

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As many as 82,549 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE in the past 24 hours.

It brings the total to 19,412,656 with a distribution rate of 196.28 doses per 100 people.

Around 80.99 per cent of the UAE population is fully vaccinated, while 91.84 per cent has received the first dose.

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