83,410 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered during past 24 hours: MoHAP

ABU DHABI, 16th September, 2021 The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced that 83,410 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were given in the past 24 hours. The total number of doses provided up to today stands at 19,247,164 with a rate of vaccine distribution of 194.60 doses per 100 people. This is in line with the Ministry's plan to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to all members of society and efforts to reach acquired immunity resulting from the vaccination, which will help reduce the number of cases and control the virus.

Helsinki, Finland, Sep 16, 2021 / 06:10 am (CNA). A court in Finland has announced the date of a hearing to determine whether a former government minister should be jailed after tweeting a Bible verse.The Helsinki District Court said that the case involving Päivi Räsänen, a physician and mother of five, will begin on Jan. 24, 2022.According to ADF International, a Christian legal group that is supporting her, Räsänen could be given a two-year prison sentence or a fine for the tweet, after the Finnish Prosecutor General filed criminal charges against her on April 29.The MP could also face additional jail time if convicted of two other alleged offenses relating to her comments in a 2004 pamphlet and on a 2018 television program, the group said. Räsänen said: “I await the court proceedings with a calm mind, confident that Finland will respect the freedom of expression and religion enshrined in fundamental rights and international conventions.” “I will not back down from my conviction based on the Bible and I am ready to defend freedom of expression and religion in all necessary courts.” “I cannot accept that voicing religious beliefs could mean imprisonment. I will defend my right to confess my faith, so that no one else would be deprived of their right to freedom of religion and speech.” The Prosecutor General charged Räsänen, who served as Finland’s interior minister from 2011