UAE vaccine doses cross 15.7 million

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More than 15.7 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE so far.

Another 77,427 doses were given in the past 24 hours.

It takes the total to 15,728,415 with a distribution rate of 159.03 doses per 100 people.

Around 74.8 per cent of the UAE population has received one dose of the vaccine, while 64.7 per cent is fully vaccinated. 

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