UAE Covid vaccine: 5 million jabs spark hopes of herd immunity
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The UAE continues to be a global leader in rolling seven-day averages of doses offered per 100 people.
The UAE has administered more than five million Covid-19 vaccine doses with a distribution rate of 50.61 doses per 100 people, the local authorities announced on Saturday, as a dip in the number of positive cases was recorded for the fourth consecutive day.
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The country, according to Our World in Data website, continues to be a global leader in rolling seven-day averages of doses offered per 100 people. Overall, the UAE is the second highest in the cumulative vaccine distribution rate.
Covid vaccine in UAE: Jab takers told to keep masks on
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Sinopharm Vaccine has efficacy rate close to 90%
Doctors in the UAE are advising residents to continue wearing their masks and maintain social distancing norms, despite being administered China’s Sinopharm vaccine.
Doctors are unsure whether Covid-19 vaccines will help contain the spread of the viral infection.
Abu Dhabi
rolled out the immunisation drive last Thursday and Dubai followed suit on Monday amid an overwhelming public response.
However, doctors have cautioned those who have received the jabs must be careful to protect those who are yet to be inoculated.