UAE may ‘soon’ be first country to vaccinate all population, reach herd immunity: Doc

UAE may ‘soon’ be first country to vaccinate all population, reach herd immunity: Doc

The United Arab Emirates is on track to be among the first nations to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic by vaccinating most of its population in an attempt to return to normalcy, according to the latest data and health experts.

"With the dedicated effort of the UAE government to combat the pandemic - for which we are truly thankful for, and the willingness of the general public to support the programs led by the government, UAE may soon be the first country to vaccinate its entire population and hence, reach herd immunity,“ Dr Fouad al-Rahal, a specialist in emergency medicine at Bareen International Hospital, told Al Arabiya English.

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The Gulf country is currently one of the top countries leading the worldwide inoculation charge, according to Our World in Data, a collaboration between researchers at the University of Oxford and the nonprofit Global Change Data Lab.

The latest Our World in Data shows that the UAE has administered at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to more than 60 per cent of the population.

The UAE's National Crisis and Emergency Management Authority also show that more than six million vaccine doseshave been administered across the seven emirates,