UAE leads world in Covid-19 testing
abu dhabi — The UAE has maintained its global leadership in maximising coronavirus tests in terms of the number of tests per one million people.
Based on the Worldometer website, the country has performed over 77,550 tests per million people and has expanded its coronavirus drive-thru testing campaign, as part of a strategy to provide widespread testing of citizens and residents.
Around 767,000 tests have been done so far across the country. In its update on Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Prevention announced that an additional 23,000 tests were conducted among citizens and residents.
In addition to hospitals and outpatient clinics, the UAE is equipped with drive-thru testing centres.
Clinics were also set up in Mussafah for workers.
Several citizens and residents who were tested said the procedures put in place have largely contributed to containing the virus, stressing that the expansion of these tests to include all members of the community have ensured the safety of everyone.
Ali Khalifa Mohammed, Abdullah Yousef and Ramesh Jay said the UAE is always keen to address all challenges facing the implementation of precautionary measures, adding that increasing the scope of testing for citizens and residents is one of the key precautionary measures that will help contain the virus and treat infected cases.
Noting that the tests take less than five minutes, they also praised the organisation of all drive-thru testing centres and the efforts of health sector employees
and volunteers. With the way it is addressing the crisis with full transparency, as well as the vision of its leadership and cooperation among national institutions, the UAE is an international model to follow, they said.—