528 NEW CASES, 465 RECOVERIES IN UAE
Ministry facilitates return of two-month-old Zeina born in Kuwait
The UAE has announced 528 new cases, taking the overall tally to
39,904. The Ministry of Health and Prevention said the latest patients, all of whom are in a stable condition, were identified after conducting more than 37,000 additional Covid-19 tests. According to the ministry, two persons have died from the virus, raising the death toll to 283. Also, 465 patients have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 22,740 in the UAE.
Despite the suspension of commercial flights in Kuwait as a result of the pandemic, the UAE Embassy with the assistance of UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, facilitated the return of the youngest Emirati child stranded abroad.
Two-month-old Zeina, daughter of Dr Abdullah Al Amiri, was born in Kuwait this April. Zeina’s mother and older brother Zayed were living in Kuwait since July 2019 as Dr Al Amiri was completing the Cleveland Clinic Service Excellence Training Programme in the US.
However, with the onslaught of Covid-19, Dr Al Amiri returned to the UAE in March, joining the ranks of frontline health care workers combatting the spread of the virus.
“After ten months apart, and in coordination with the ministry and UAE embassy, an emergency passport for my child Zeina was issued, and my family returned safely to the homeland,” Dr Al Amiri said.
The ministry issues emergency passports through UAE missions abroad to newborn children or in the event of loss, theft, damage or expiry of the UAE passport, enabling Emiratis to return to their homeland.