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Umm Al Quwain Ruler receives COVID-19 vaccine

  • 10 Jan 2021
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Sheikh Saud Bin Rashid receives the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Quwain, has received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, according to WAM.

His Highness took the vaccine to join the country's efforts to combat the spread of the virus.

In November last year, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, took the COVID-19 vaccine.

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