Coronavirus: UAE records 1,810 new cases and four deaths

Another 1,777 patients overcame the virus in the 24-hour reporting period

Abu Dhabi resident Abdulaziz Karmastaji gets vaccinated at Seha's cruise ship terminal facility in January

Abu Dhabi resident Shaikha Al Dheiri waiting to get vaccinated.

A healthcare worker smiles for the cameras.

Nearly 20,000 people are vaccinated daily at the centre.

Mohamed Hawas Al Sadid, chief executive of Seha, said nearly 20,000 people are getting shots every day.

People in the waiting room.

An Emirati waits for her turn to get the vaccine.

A young Emirati at the vaccination centre at the Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal area.

Aya, 24, and Jana, 18, after receiving the vaccine. The Sinopharm vaccine is available across the country without charge at dozens of hospitals, vaccination centres, majlis and clinics.

The Covid-19 vaccination drive is the country's largest to date. The health authorities aim to inoculate half the population by the end of the first quarter.

(L to R) - Emirati healthcare workers, Mouza Al Beshr, Khadija Al Nuaimi and Za,zam Al Naqbi at the Seha vaccination centre.

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The UAE recorded 1,810 new coronavirus cases on Sunday.

This brought the country's total to 569,073. Another 1,777 people beat the virus, taking total recoveries to 548,785.

The daily cases in the Emirates rose to 2,236 on Friday – the highest daily figure since April 1 – but fell to 1,812 on Saturday.

The death toll rose to 1,677, after four people died in the past 24 hours.

There are 18,611 active cases of coronavirus in the country.

The latest cases were identified after 242,981 tests were carried out over a 24-hour period. More than 50 million tests have been conducted in the country since the start of the outbreak in January 2020.

So far, 12,756,630 Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered across the country. The UAE has the highest vaccination rate in the world.

On Sunday, the UAE approved the emergency use of a new drug that can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus.

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Sotrovimab, produced by British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, can reduce Covid-19 deaths and hospital admissions by up to 85 per cent.

The UAE is the first country in the world to both license and enable immediate patient use of the drug.

It comes after the US Food and Drug Administration gave an emergency use authorisation to the antibody treatment, state news agency Wam said.

Lab tests also showed the medicine is effective against variants of the coronavirus and can be used immediately.

Updated: May 30, 2021, 12:17 PM