Emirates special flight highlights UAE’s impressive Covid-19 vaccination drive

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Emirates' one-of-a-kind flight EK2021 proudly made a journey across the different emirates, to celebrate the UAE's remarkable progress in vaccinating its citizens and residents from COVID-19 through a national vaccination programme that has administered close to 9 million vaccines doses to date.  Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3wMjqNC  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  #UAEnews #Emirates #vaccine

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00:00It was a historic day for the UAE as the country celebrated its aggressive COVID-19 vaccination

00:08program with a special Emirates flight for fully vaccinated crew and passengers on Saturday,

00:14April 10th.

00:15EK2021, as the flight was aptly called, not only celebrated the success of the UAE's

00:22vaccination program that has administered close to 9 million vaccine doses to date,

00:26it also highlighted Emirates' progress in vaccinating its staff, pilots and cabin crew.

00:33It was also a celebration for passengers who took the flight as a sign of return to normalcy

00:38as most of them were not able to see the inside of a plane since the onset of the pandemic

00:43in 2020.

00:44The flight aboard the A380 was a total of four hours in duration.

00:49It took off from Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 at 12.30pm, then cruised over various

00:55areas across the UAE before landing back in Dubai at 4.30pm.

01:00Before boarding, all passengers were able to experience services and amenities at Dubai

01:04International Airport, including the use of the Emirates Business Lounge.

01:09They were also able to try out first-hand all the latest measures to help travellers

01:13enjoy a safe and smooth journey.

01:16All EK2021 passengers were also provided free rapid COVID-19 PCR tests facilitated by PureHealth.

01:24Before the plane descended, passengers were handed commemorative certificates for taking

01:28part in the milestone flight.

01:30We have so far vaccinated more than 85% of our cabin crew on flight number two.

01:36This will be a clear demonstration to demonstrate to our passengers a safe travelling pattern.

01:44We hope with many people taking the second dose of vaccination, there will be more changes

01:52and more relaxation in the entry protocols imposed by so many countries and that will

01:59obviously encourage travellers.

02:01Let me tell you, it's a very symbolic flight because all the passengers, the crew has been

02:08vaccinated.

02:09A lot of people here haven't travelled for a year.

02:11You can see the joy on their face on the flights.

02:15This is a step, I think, towards normality.

02:18I think travel is going to come back.

02:19There are so many people wanting to fly.

02:22I think this is a very good start to see the future of flying.

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