UAE administers another 16,905 vaccine doses

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A total of 16,905 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 16,375,149, with a distribution rate of 165.57 doses per 100 people.

So far, 77.64 per cent of the total population of the UAE has received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 68.14 per cent received two doses.

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