Coronavirus: UAE records 1,961 new cases and four deaths

More than 1,800 people recover from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours

The Al Hosn app can be used as official proof of vaccination, to show negative PCR test status, to travel and to enter certain live events.

Asha Susan Philip, a nurse with Dubai Health Authority, receives the Pfizer vaccine. On Tuesday, Abu Dhabi also approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in the emirate.

A child, 9, is held by her mother as she receives the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine during a clinical trial for children at Duke University in the US. In the UAE, those who are 16 and above are eligible to receive the vaccine.

The Pfizer vaccine will be available at select clinics in Abu Dhabi city, Al Ain and Al Dhafrah, by appointment only.

A boy receives an injection during a trial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine among children aged between 12 and 15, at Duke University in the US.

Last week, Dubai Health Authority said recovered patients and breastfeeding mothers are now eligible for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Pfizer received emergency approval in the UAE in December after trials showed it was 95 per cent effective. Dubai started distributing it in December and the vaccine is now available in the capital.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is the second Covid-19 vaccine to be made available in Abu Dhabi, which began a mass vaccine campaign in mid-December using a shot produced by Chinese company Sinopharm.

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention reported 1,961 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, after nearly 200,000 tests were carried out.

Officials said four people died in the past 24 hours and 1,803 recovered. There are currently 17,735 active cases in the UAE.

An additional 193,693 tests were administered, bringing the total number of tests carried out since the beginning of the outbreak to 43,904,822.

The country has recorded 518,262 cases, 498,943 recoveries and 1,584 deaths since the first Covid-19 case was detected in the Emirates on January 29, 2020.

The ministry said 58,479 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were administered in the past 24 hours.

To date, more than 10.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered across the country with a vaccine distribution rate of 105.82 doses per 100 people.

The UAE, meanwhile, pledged support to the families of 14 frontline staff who died during the nation's fight against Covid-19.

The Frontline Heroes Office, established in July, has a database of about 100,000 key workers across the Emirates.

The office supports these essential employees and their families through scholarships, mental health programmes and training.