‘Management of pandemic is most successful model’

NCEMA spokesperson highlights UAE’s readiness to address extraordinary situation

Dr Saif Al Daheri, Spokesperson of the National Crisis and Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA), said the UAE’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic is characterised by professionalism and is one of the most successful international models of crisis management, highlighting its regional and global humanitarian initiatives.

During the UAE Government media briefing on the latest Covid-19 pandemic developments, Al Daheri noted the UAE’s flexibility and readiness to address any extraordinary conditions, due to its proactive approach to challenges and its decisions, plans and strategies aimed at containing the repercussions.

He also praised the role of the national media, which addressed the crisis with complete transparency. “According to Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking, the UAE leads the region’s countries and is ranked 15th globally, advancing three places compared to last July,” he stated, adding that according to Our World in Data (OWID), a scientific online publication, the UAE leads the world in the number of fully vaccinated people and in terms of vaccine distribution for every 100 persons.