In a significant development amid the ongoing fight against the pandemic crisis, Coronavirus infections in the UAE have fallen by 22 percent. As per a BloombergQuint report, the UAE's COVID-19 vaccination campaign is one of the fastest in the world, at a rate of 60.87 doses per 100 people.

While vaccine rollout has slowed down in several countries, the UAE has administered more than 6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, as per the latest government figures.

Friday's statistics on Our World in Data revealed that the UAE has a daily distribution rate of 0.88 per 100 people, surpassing countries like the US (0.66) and Israel (0.39).

Dr. Rohit Kumar, Medical Director at the Medeor Hospital, lauded the mass vaccination campaign for lowering the number of infected cases in the UAE.

He affirmed that the UAE government has vaccinated almost half of the population. The concerned authorities have been actively working to inoculate the public against COVID-19 and educate them about the significance of getting vaccinated.

The decision to vaccinate high-risk people might have also contributed to yielding the result," Dr. Kumar added.

According to medical professionals, the ongoing vaccination campaign is "rightly focused" on catering to the needs of the most vulnerable groups.

Arshia Banu Najeem, General Physician Aster Clinics, Aswaaq Mall branch, said that authorities have educated a large number of people about the efficacy and effectiveness of the vaccines.

The UAE has also implemented a lot of precautionary measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. 

Arshia Banu added that each emirate has its own rules and regulations that have assisted in bringing down the number of infections and increasing vaccination outputs.

Dr. Sreekumar Sreedharan, specialist - internal medicine at Aster Clinic, Karama, said that COVID-19 vaccines help the human body in developing immunity against the virus.

"Different types of vaccines work in different ways to offer protection, but with all types of vaccines, the body is left with a supply of 'memory' T-lymphocytes as well as B-lymphocytes that will remember how to fight that virus in the future," Dr. Sreedharan added.

He noted that all forms of efforts and measures are important to stop a pandemic such as the COVID-19. While vaccines are effective in readying the immune system to fight the virus, other steps like wearing masks and maintaining social distancing will also help in reducing the risk of getting exposed to the virus or infecting others.