<p>One hundred percent of the United Arab Emirates' population has received at least one dose of a vaccine against Covid-19, the health ministry has said.</p>.<p>The announcement late Friday came amid growing global concern over a new Covid variant dubbed Omicron that was first detected by South Africa.</p>.<p>The World Health Organization said the new variant is more infectious than the dominant, highly transmissible Delta strain, and several countries, including the UAE, have restricted travel from a number of south African countries.</p>.<p>According to the UAE health ministry, "a total of 21,802,032 doses" of Covid vaccine have been administered in the Gulf Arab nation.</p>.<p>"One hundred percent (of the population) have received one dose" while "90.18 percent are fully vaccinated".</p>.<p>The UAE — a federation of seven emirates — is home to around 10 million people, a majority of whom are expats.</p>.<p>The energy-rich Arab country was considered as far back as July a leader in terms of population in inoculating people against Covid.</p>.<p>In October, the UAE declared it had overcome the coronavirus crisis after recording its lowest number of infections that month.</p>.<p>The UAE has so far recorded more than 741,000 cases of Covid-19, including 2,145 deaths.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>One hundred percent of the United Arab Emirates' population has received at least one dose of a vaccine against Covid-19, the health ministry has said.</p>.<p>The announcement late Friday came amid growing global concern over a new Covid variant dubbed Omicron that was first detected by South Africa.</p>.<p>The World Health Organization said the new variant is more infectious than the dominant, highly transmissible Delta strain, and several countries, including the UAE, have restricted travel from a number of south African countries.</p>.<p>According to the UAE health ministry, "a total of 21,802,032 doses" of Covid vaccine have been administered in the Gulf Arab nation.</p>.<p>"One hundred percent (of the population) have received one dose" while "90.18 percent are fully vaccinated".</p>.<p>The UAE — a federation of seven emirates — is home to around 10 million people, a majority of whom are expats.</p>.<p>The energy-rich Arab country was considered as far back as July a leader in terms of population in inoculating people against Covid.</p>.<p>In October, the UAE declared it had overcome the coronavirus crisis after recording its lowest number of infections that month.</p>.<p>The UAE has so far recorded more than 741,000 cases of Covid-19, including 2,145 deaths.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>