Dubai continues its mass testing drive with 80,000 tests daily.

Dubai has been rapidly testing Covid1-19 tests and in a latest response to tackle the virus spread, the emirate has increased its capacity to more than 80,000 tests. The Dubai authorities have also decided to allocate 89 hotels and buildings for the purpose of isolation and quarantine. 

The details of the number of tests carried on a per day basis, director general of Dubai Health Authority, Humaid Al Qutami addressed the Arab Conference (ARADO conference), which was being conducted virtually by the Arab Administrative Development Organisation, a non-profit organisation affiliated with the League of Arab States. 

He assured that the emirate is taking all the necessary steps to provide protection to the workers in the first line of defense. He said that thermal devices have been installed at all the ports--land, sea, and air--and other Covid-19 laboratory centres. 

He took help of certain examples to describe how the authorities have been trying to help people with treatment and other healthcare needs. These examples included measures taken to raise the operational efficiency of hospitals and also establishing field hospitals that have a capacity of accommodating 5,000 beads.

Al Qutami added that Dubai alone conducted 151 researches related to coronavirus in various sectors ranging from diagnosis, prevention and treatment, which were essentia;lu conducted by the doctors and authorities in the healthcare sector. 

He confirmed that out of the 151 scientific researches, 129 have been approved. Five of them have received international recognition by being circulated in periodicals and medical references. 

He also pointed out that UAE ranked first in the Arab world and ninth in all over the world in the Covid-19 safety index topper. Not only him but other participants also praised the efforts of the UAE in dealing with the ongoing pandemic and stressed the importance of learning and benefiting from its experience. 

He concluded his address to the panel saying that the pandemic can teach a lot when it comes to being prepared at all times for scientific research and cooperation. He highlighted how the emirate established a public health institute in the Arab country which specialised in monitoring the patients condition.  


Source: https://gulfnews.com/uae/dubai-conducts-over-80000-covid-19-tests-daily-1.75918128

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