UAE vaccine doses cross 16.6 million

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More than 16.6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE so far.

Another 57,730 doses were given in the past 24 hours.

It takes the total to 16,645,208 with a distribution rate of 168.30 doses per 100 people.

Around 78.15 per cent of the UAE population has received one dose of the vaccine so far, while 69.69 per cent is fully vaccinated.

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