UAE administers another 69,059 vaccine doses

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As many as 69,059 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 16,263,585 with a distribution rate of 164.44 doses per 100 people.

Around 68 per cent of the UAE population is fully vaccinated, while 77.5 per cent has received one dose.

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