UAE vaccine doses cross 20 million mark

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More than 20 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE so far.

Another 54,675 doses were given in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 20,018,034.

The current distribution rate stands at 202.40 doses per 100 people.

83.26 per cent of the UAE population is fully vaccinated so far, while 93.92 per cent has received the first dose.

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