Coronavirus: UAE reports 75 new Covid-19 cases and no deaths

Billboards along Sheikh Zayed Road thanking the Covid vaccine volunteers for the Phase 3 trials conducted in the UAE. Antonie Robertson / The National

A man receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Dubai. Reuters

People queue for the vaccine near DIFC in Dubai. AFP

The DPI screening centre on the border between Dubai and Abu Dhabi is quick and results are out in a matter of minutes. Antonie Robertson / The National

A woman receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at Zabeel Health Centre in Dubai. EPA

Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara partnered with Tamouh Health Care to provide on-site Sinopharm Vaccination for all residents of the UAE free of charge in February. Pawan Singh / The National

UAE residents receive their vaccine free of charge in February. Pawan Singh / The National

The UAE reported 75 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, after an additional 278,127 tests were carried out.

Officials said no one died from the virus in the 24-hour reporting period.

The Emirates has recorded 740,647 infections and 2,142 deaths since the first Covid-19 case was detected on January 29 last year.

Another 99 people overcame the virus, taking the total number of recoveries to 735,173.

There are 3,332 active cases in the Emirates.

Daily cases have remained below 100 since October 21, with 98.66 per cent of the country's population having received a dose of vaccine.

So far, 88.57 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated.

The UAE has administered more than 21.4 million doses since December last year when the country embarked on a nationwide inoculation campaign.

More than 95.66 million tests have been conducted since the outbreak began.

Meanwhile, the UK said it would recognise all Covid-19 vaccines on the World Health Organisation's emergency use list this month.

The country will add China's Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines and India's Covaxin shot to approved Covid-19 drugs for inbound travellers, the Department for Transport said.