UAE citizens and residents are among the most likely people in the world to take the Covid-19 vaccine, new poll results show.
The YouGov survey on vaccine hesitancy showed 87 per cent of people in the UAE said they would receive the injection.
This was second only to Britain, where 90 per cent of those polled were willing to be vaccinated.
Both countries have overseen successful inoculation campaigns, with each approving its first Covid-19 vaccine in December last year.
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The UAE has administered 11.5 million doses, National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority figures show.
By late April, nearly 40 per cent of the population had been fully vaccinated with two doses.
More than 30 per cent of the UK population is fully vaccinated, with 56.7 million doses administered.
The YouGov poll said vaccine willingness had steadily increased in the UAE since the start of the country's inoculation drive in December.
The figures showed vaccine willingness in the Emirates was 63 per cent on December 16, rising to 78 per cent on February 14, before reaching 87 per cent on April 26.
About 70 per cent of people were willing to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the UK on December 14, rising to 90 per cent by May 6.
YouGov said young people in the UK aged between 18 and 24 were the country's most vaccine-hesitant, with 23 per cent saying they would not take it.
In comparison, 18 per cent of people in Britain aged 25 to 49 were vaccine-hesitant, falling to 6 per cent of those aged 50 to 64.
Only 3 per cent aged 65 and over were vaccine-hesitant in the UK, the survey said.
The enthusiasm among older people for vaccination reflects their concerns about contracting Covid-19.
They are more likely to be admitted to hospital and suffer more serious symptoms than younger people.
Younger people were also the least likely to have been offered the vaccine under Britain’s priority delivery schedule.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the survey results showed that people in the UK “backed the jab”.
“It is our way out of this pandemic,” he said on Twitter.
“This stellar level of support for vaccines didn’t happen by accident. Huge praise for my team who have worked so hard to get this right.”
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday some countries in Africa were rejecting AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine based on "rumours and stuff flying around on the internet".
His comments came as the UN children's fund said that G7 countries, seven of the world's advanced economies, and the EU could donate 150 million Covid-19 vaccine doses while maintaining their own inoculation campaigns.
Only 0.3 per cent of vaccine supply is going to the 29 lowest-income countries – even though they are home to nine per cent of the world's population, Unicef said.
The gap spurred World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to ask vaccine-wealthy nations to delay inoculating children and adolescents and instead donate doses to the Covax initiative, a project aimed at providing vaccines to the world's poorest countries.
Covid in the UK – in pictures
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Passengers ride in a capsule of the London Eye as the attraction reopened on the day England implemented the third step of its road map out of lockdown. Reuters -
A piece of sand art, depicting the landmarks of Blackpool, north-west England, is drawn on the beach by a group of artists called Sand in your Eye to promote the town's reopening after the easing of lockdown restrictions. AFP -
Staff members clean seats at Vue Cinema in Leicester Square as it reopens in London. Reuters -
A woman walks past an information sign in Bolton, north-west England, where Covid-19 cases are rising. Reuters -
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, third right, with head chef Ling Bing during a visit to Dumplings Legend in Chinatown, central London. AP Photo -
Stephen Crowe hugs his mother Susan Crowe, 96, who is a resident at Alexander House Care Home in Wimbledon, London, as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease. Reuters -
Passengers prepare to board a flight bound for Faro, Portugal, at London's Gatwick Airport. AP Photo -
A table of customers are served breakfast at an indoor table in Falmouth, Cornwall, south-west England. Getty Images -
A customer is served a full English breakfast at an indoor table in Falmouth. Getty Images -
The first customers for months to board a pod on the London Eye tourist attraction press a red button to symbolise its reopening. AFP -
Members of the public enter the National Gallery in London. AFP -
A passenger walks with her luggage at the Terminal 5 departures area at Heathrow Airport in London. Reuters -
A customer looks out the window at Barbarella's cafe in London as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions ease across the country. AFP -
People arrive at Faro Airport from Manchester on the first day that Britons are allowed to enter Portugal without needing to quarantine. Reuters -
Passengers from Manchester make their way through Faro Airport in Portugal. Reuters -
People take part in a gym class starting at 00.01 on the day indoor leisure centres reopened, at the Park Road Fusion Lifestyle Gym in London. EPA
