473 new cases, 399 recoveries: MOHAP
ABU DHABI: The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MOHAP, announced on Friday that it conducted over 47,000 additional COVID-19 tests, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment.
In a statement, the Ministry affirmed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As part of its intensified testing campaign, MOHAP detected 473 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases in the UAE to 54,050.
According to the Ministry, the infected individuals are from various nationalities, are in a stable condition, and are receiving the necessary care.
MOHAP also announced the death of two patients as a result of COVID-19 complications. The total number of deaths in the country has reached 330, it added.
The Ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and wished current COVID-19 patients a speedy and full recovery.
MOHAP also noted an additional 399 individuals had fully recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total recoveries to 43,969.
Recently, the Dubai Health Authority, DHA, announced that it has established a new medical isolation facility for positive and suspected COVID-19 cases as a precautionary and proactive measure taken by the authority to tackle the virus.
The isolation facility, which is a 1,500-square metre separate building, is located in an area close to Rashid Hospital and contains 25 rooms, which include ICU, medical isolation, treatment, clinics and examination rooms, that are equipped based on the highest international standards.
While touring the new facility, Humaid Al Qutami, Director-general of the DHA said the new medical isolation ward was established as a proactive measure to strengthen the authority’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 and contributing to the early detection and treatment of patients who have the virus, speeding their recovery.
He stressed that the authority has put in place a prevention strategy that takes different scenarios into consideration to help the DHA in foreseeing and taking appropriate decisions accordingly, such as establishing field hospitals or medical isolation facilities, etc.
Al Qutami said the authority is also ensuring to meet all the medical needs of each COVID-19 patient and is constantly monitoring global experiences where the virus has spread and then contained, to learn from them and have a beter understanding of what the future holds.