• People waiting for their turn to get the Covid-19 vaccine at the Ajman Society of Social and Cultural Development. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
    People waiting for their turn to get the Covid-19 vaccine at the Ajman Society of Social and Cultural Development. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National
  • People arrive at the vaccination centre to receive shots of either Sinopharm or Pfizer-BioNTech.
    People arrive at the vaccination centre to receive shots of either Sinopharm or Pfizer-BioNTech.
  • Rashid Al Shamsi after getting his Covid-19 vaccine shot at the centre.
    Rashid Al Shamsi after getting his Covid-19 vaccine shot at the centre.
  • People in Ajman have responded to government calls to support the nationwide vaccination drive.
    People in Ajman have responded to government calls to support the nationwide vaccination drive.
  • A man receives the Covid-19 vaccine at the Ajman Society of Social & Cultural Development centre.
    A man receives the Covid-19 vaccine at the Ajman Society of Social & Cultural Development centre.
  • Numbers of Emiratis getting vaccinated at the Ajman centre have increased significantly in recent months.
    Numbers of Emiratis getting vaccinated at the Ajman centre have increased significantly in recent months.
  • Muna Saqr Al Matrooshi, general director of Ajman Society of Social and Cultural Development, has welcomed the rise in Emiratis being vaccinated at the centre.
    Muna Saqr Al Matrooshi, general director of Ajman Society of Social and Cultural Development, has welcomed the rise in Emiratis being vaccinated at the centre.

UAE reports 111 new coronavirus cases from 300,887 tests


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The UAE reported 111 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the total number of infections to 737,766.

Another 191 people beat the virus, with overall recoveries at 731,113.

The death toll now stands at 2,113 after no deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.

The country has conducted 86,969,853 PCR tests since the beginning of the outbreak after an additional 300,887 tests were carried out in the 24-hour reporting period.

There are 4,540 active cases in the Emirates.

Daily infections have fallen in recent weeks and travel and social distancing rules are being relaxed as the UAE cautiously returns to normal.

According to The National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, 95.39 per cent of the UAE population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, with 85.15 per cent fully immunised.

Officials said 20,453,897 vaccine doses have been administered since December last year, when the country embarked on a nationwide vaccination campaign.

Recently, the country authorised the emergency use of booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Sputnik vaccines for some groups.

Booster shots are to be given six months after the second dose.

The groups that should take a booster shot are senior citizens and residents aged over 60; people with chronic diseases, or at risk of complications (aged 50-59); and people receiving long-term health care (aged 18 years and over).

In global developments, scientists in Japan have developed a vaccination approach that could lead to protection against several coronaviruses – not only Sars-CoV-2, the one that causes Covid-19.

Experts at Osaka University said they engineered antibodies that prevented Sars-CoV-1, which causes sudden acute respiratory syndrome, and three viruses found in pangolins and bats.

Their strategy, described in a newly published paper in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, involved genetically engineering proteins from Sars-CoV-2.

Updated: October 10, 2021, 12:33 PM