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Two million people in UAE have now received virus vaccine

Figure represents 20 percent of population

More than two million people in the UAE have received the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention confirmed that more than 20 percent of the population are now inoculated as work to contain the spread of the virus continues.

Full details about the National Vaccination Campaign, including who is eligible and where to get the jab, are available by clicking here.

Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, said: “Reaching this record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses within a short period mirrors the exceptional efforts of our wise leadership in dealing with the coronavirus crisis, as well as the concerted efforts of the government, all of the country’s institutions, and our first-line of defence heroes to provide the vaccine to all citizens and residents in various regions of the country.”

He reiterated the campaign objective of vaccinating more than 50 percent of the country’s population during the first quarter of this year.

Members of the public are being urged to visit vaccine centres at the earliest.

Stay close to Time Out for updates on where to get the vaccine across the UAE.

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