100% of UAE residents received one dose of COVID vaccine – Roya News English

100% of UAE residents received one dose of COVID vaccine – Roya News English

Friday, the United Arab Emirates announced that 100 percent of its residents have received the first dose of the vaccine, according to figures issued by the Ministry of Health.

The announcement follows the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant that was first detected in South Africa. The World Health Organization classified it as a "Variant of Concern" and named it "Omicron."

Health authorities in the UAE said on Friday that “a total of 21,802,032 doses of the vaccine were administered, with a percentage of 100% for recipients of the first dose, and 90.18% for recipients of two doses of the total population in the UAE.”