The UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was administered a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Taking to Twitter, he extended his gratitude to the healthcare professionals.

“I thank the medical staff and the vaccinators; I wish everyone safety,” he tweeted.

Several health officials in the UAE have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine last month. This includes Dr. Youssif Al Serkal, assistant under-secretary for the hospital sector and director general of the Emirates Health Services Corporation; Dr. Hussein Abdel Rahman Al-Rand, under-secretary of the ministry’s health assistant sector, health centres, and clinics; and Awad Saghir Al Ketbi, assistant under-secretary of the support services sector.

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That was preceded by the UAE’s minister of Health and Prevention, Abdul Rahman Al Owais, receiving the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine too.

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The UAE reported 915 new cases of the Covid-19 infection on October 19, scaling the total infection count past 116,000.