Vaccination doses in UAE cross 6 million

COUNTRY INOCULATES MORE THAN 1 MILLION IN 2 WEEKS

The UAE has administered more than six million Covid vaccine doses since the country’s inoculation campaign began.

The nation crossed another milestone after 81,790 doses of the vaccine have been administered over the previous 24 hours.

The figure of 6,015,089 means that 60.82 doses have been given for every 100 people. Crossing the 6 million mark came just two weeks after the country reached the milestone of 5 million doses.

The UAE currently ranks second in the world – after Israel – in terms of the cumulative Covid-19 vaccination doses administered per 100 people worldwide, according to stats shared by Our World in Data.

The UAE launched the National Vaccination Programme last year to ensure the vaccine’s availability in most government and private health establishments and centres with a focus on the elderly, people with chronic diseases and frontline workers.

The country aims to inoculate 50 per cent of the population during the first quarter of the year 2021.

AI-powered device to monitor patient remotely

The milestone of six million doses came as the Dubai Health Authority announced its plans to enhance the use of smart health technologies on the occasion of the UAE

Innovation Month 2021. DHA has collaborated with Enpy, a Dubai firm to explore the use of AI-powered device for remote-patient monitoring. Enpy is a start-up UAE company, based in Dubai, specialising

in Medical Artificial Intelligence. .

The UAE yesterday confirmed 3,434 new coronavirus cases, 15 deaths and 2,171 recoveries during the past 24 hours.