The United Arab Emirates on Thursday reported 2,167 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases to 606,128, according to the official Emirates News Agency (WAM).
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The death toll rose by three to 1,741.
"الصحة" تُجري 243,844 فحصاً ضمن خططها لتوسيع نطاق الفحوصات وتكشف عن 2,167 إصابة جديدة بفيروس #كورونا المستجد و 2,127 حالة شفاء و3 حالات وفاة خلال الساعات الـ 24 الماضية #وام pic.twitter.com/QFXctcb43G
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There were 2,172 new recovered cases on Thursday, raising the total to 585,242.
The UAE conducted 243,844 COVID-19 tests in 24 hours, WAM said.
Some members of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family are participating in a trial administering China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 3-17, the emirate’s media office said.
The trial will monitor the immune response of 900 children “in preparation to vaccinate children in the near future”, Abu Dhabi Media Office said in a Twitter post on Wednesday.
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