HOME-TESTING FOR ELDERLY ENTERS SECOND PHASE

SHARJAH — The Sharjah Social Services Department (SSSD), in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Prevention, has announced that it started the second stage of conducting home Covid-19 testing for all the elderly people registered with the department, as well as all their household members.

The initiative aims to reach them at their homes without the need to visit hospitals or health centres to conduct the tests. The department of social services and the Sharjah Medical District have completed the implementation of the first phase.

Afaf Ibrahim Al Marri, member of the Sharjah Executive Council and head of the SSSD, highlighted the importance of the tests, stressing the department’s keenness to conduct it for all the affiliates. —