The United Arab Emirates on Thursday conducted 138,914 coronavirus tests and detected 1,311 new cases, according to Emirates News Agency (WAM).
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The total number of COVID-19 cases was 198,435.
Two deaths were reported in the UAE, raising the death toll to 647.
The number of recoveries also rose by 1,495 to 174,479 on Thursday.
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is available for free for all residents and UAE nationals living in Dubai, the Dubai Media Office (DMO) announced on Wednesday.
“The first stage of the [vaccination] campaign focuses on certain priority groups,” the DMO said in a Twitter post.
“You can book an appointment through the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) smartphone app, or by calling the toll free number 800342,” DMO added.
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