UAE administers 62,694 vaccine doses

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As many as 62,694 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UAE in the past 24 hours.

It brings the total to 19,549,263 with a distribution rate of 197.66 doses per 100 people.

81.55 per cent of the UAE population is fully vaccinated so far, while 92.34 per cent has received the first dose.

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