00:00The Dubai government has reiterated its efforts to maintain high levels of protection against
00:07the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring full compliance with preventative and precautionary measures.
00:14Reacting to a story by the Associated Press about the COVID-19 situation in Dubai, the
00:19Dubai government's media office issued a statement rebuffing AP's claims.
00:24Dubai has started a massive free vaccination campaign with more than 120 vaccination centers
00:29set up across the emirate and several more centers will be set up in the coming weeks.
00:36The UAE has so far administered 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, covering a fifth of
00:41its population.
00:42UAE authorities are set to further speed up the vaccination campaign.
00:46The death rate in the UAE is 0.3%, making it one of the lowest COVID-19 death rates
00:52in the world, thanks to the highly advanced and well-staffed healthcare infrastructure.
00:56For more information about what the UAE is doing to combat the COVID-19 virus, log on
01:01to gulfnews.com.
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