UAE administers another 69,695 vaccine doses

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As many as 69,695 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 16,444,844, with a distribution rate of 166.27 doses per 100 people.

So far, 77.70 per cent of the total population of the UAE has received a first dose of the vaccine, while 68.41 per cent received two doses.

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