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The United Arab Emirates has achieved the goal of its National COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign, announcing that 100 percent of the targeted categories have been vaccinated, state news agency (WAM) reported on Thursday. The national campaign aimed to vaccinate and immunize frontliners, volunteers, and individuals from the age groups specified according to the type of vaccine, the elderly as well as those who suffer from chronic diseases and who can take the vaccine. The UAE has through the Ministry of Health and Prevention worked to make the COVID-19 vaccine available to citizens and residents of the country in order to reach acquired immunity and hence decrease the number of COVID-19 cases and control the spread of the virus. Read More : https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2022/06/02/UAE-achieves-100-percent-COVID-vaccination-target-Report

 The UAE announced 390 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking its tally of infections to 889,105. No deaths were reported for the 17th day running, as the toll remained at 2,302. Guru Nanak Darbar hosted an event at the Sikh temple in Dubai to vaccinate 4,500 adults of various nationalities and religions in February. Only one coronavirus-related fatality has been recorded in March. Another 800 people overcame the virus, raising the recovery total to 861,848. The latest cases were identified as a result of 315,335 PCR tests. More than 146 million tests have been conducted to date under a robust mass screening strategy.