Pictures: The UAE's Hayat-Vax

The first UAE COVID-19 vaccine, Hayat-Vax is seen rolling off a production line. The UAE and China struck a deal on Monday to permit Abu Dhabi's Group 42 and Julphar to manufacture the Hayat-Vax.

Officials said production could hit 2 million doses per month as Ras Al Khaimah drug maker Julphar is already rolling off a production line at Julphar's main plant in RAK.

"The new vaccine plant in Kizad will become operational this year and over its phased development will have a production capacity of 200 million doses per annum across three filling lines and five automated packaging lines," the official release read.

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on Monday, spoke at a virtual conference hosted by the Hope Consortium, an Abu Dhabi-based logistics collective set up to deliver vaccines globally.

"We believe that every person has the right to obtain the vaccine without discrimination," he said.

Images: Screenshots from a Video from G42 Healthcare / Julphar