Coronavirus: UAE records 1,539 new cases

Figures show another 1,525 patients beat the virus

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  Abu Dhabi residents are inoculated at the screening and vaccine centre on the Corniche. A nationwide testing and inoculation campaign is credited with driving down cases. All photos: Victor Besa / The National

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  Staff and nurses from the Abu Dhabi public hospital group Seha urged the public to protect themselves from Covid-19 by signing up to be vaccinated.

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  Motorists queue for PCR tests at Seha's testing and vaccination centre on Abu Dhabi's Corniche.

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  Mass testing and a successful vaccination campaign has helped the UAE to tackle the pandemic.

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  Drivers wait at a centre that provides both PCR nasal swab tests and coronavirus vaccine doses.

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  Shenaz Abdul Salam, 13, gives a thumbs up as he waits to receive his first vaccine dose.

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  A staff nurse fills in a vaccination form for a driver at the Corniche centre.

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  Mariam Al Badi, an Emirati nurse working at Seha's drive-through vaccine centre, has urged everyone to get inoculated against Covid-19.

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  Ms Al Badi goes through the vaccination process with a driver.

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  Cars queue at the drive-through testing and vaccination centre on Abu Dhabi's Corniche.

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  More than 80 per cent of the UAE population has been vaccinated and the government is urging those who have not to sign up.

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  An Abu Dhabi resident gives the thumbs up after signing up for vaccination.

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  Authorities have made the vaccines free for everyone.

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  A medical worker checks papers as Abu Dhabi residents sign up for the Covid-19 vaccine.

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  The drive-through Covid-19 testing and inoculation centre has proved popular with Abu Dhabi residents.

The UAE reported 1,539 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the number of infections recorded by the country since the pandemic began to 645,653.

Two people died, raising the UAE's death toll to 1,849.

Officials said 1,525 patients overcame the virus, taking the number of recoveries to 623,826.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention said it carried out 283,327 Covid-19 tests in the past 24 hours.

The National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (Ncema) announced three quarters of the population have now received at least the first dose of a vaccine, with 65 per cent of residents fully vaccinated.

The authorities are using widespread testing, strict safety rules and one of the world's fastest vaccination programmes to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Authorities have administered more than 15.7 million doses.