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The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Wednesday announced a record 1,083 COVID-19 cases in addition to 970 recoveries. One death was also reported.
This is the highest number of cases reported so far and the previous record was 1,007.
Yesterday, it was announced that UAE’s coronavirus cases are declined by 21 per cent in the July-August period. The country ranked first in testing its residents for coronavirus in these two months, a top government official said. The UAE also witnessed its coronavirus mortality rate go down by 5.7 per cent.
In excess of around 103,100 new coronavirus tests were completed in the UAE and total tests done since the COVID-19 outbreak reach 9 million, the ministry said in a statement.
Earlier in the day, it was announced that entertainment centres and gaming halls in the emirate of Abu Dhabi will have a maximum seating capacity of only 60 per cent when they reopen.
With the country witnessing a quick rise in the Covid-19 cases day by day, specialists have focused on that the community in the country must renew its duty to prudent steps and not let the endeavours of the administration and frontline workers go into waste in the country.
On September 19, the Emirati health minister got the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine that’s under trial in the UAE and three other Arab countries.
UAE’s Minister of Health and Prevention AbdulRahman bin Mohammed Al Owais received the jab days after the minister announced an emergency approval to administer the vaccine to frontline health workers.
The day by day cases crossed the 1,000 imprint just because, with the nation revealing 1,007 cases on last Saturday. The following most noteworthy of 994 cases were reported more than 100 days prior on May 22. There were 521 new recoveries and one death while active cases tally jumped to 9,467.
A high ranking representative said as of late that cases have seen a 5-fold increase since August 10. A stressing 88 per cent of the expansion had been credited to social gatherings like gatherings and sympathy gatherings. On Sunday, Dubai Economy closed a restaurant on Bluewaters Island as the restaurant failed to ensure social distancing rules.
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) on Sunday announced that it had cut the cost of coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests to Dh250. The DHA’s move to reduce the cost of Covid-19 testing is aimed to make it more accessible to the public, in addition, to encourage proactive medical examinations as a precautionary and preventive measure. The DHA, in a statement, mentioned that it would spare no efforts to combat Covid-19 to ensure the safety of society and the health of its members.
Dubai Economy continued its crackdown on erring business establishments and imposed fines on 12 commercial establishments for coronavirus violations on Wednesday. It includes retail shops in diferent shopping centres, sewing and embroidery outlets, and gyms in Wadi Al Safa 7, Al Hebiah Second, and Al Rashidiya.
With certain organizations neglecting to guarantee social separating, specialists the nation over are pushing every known limit with conclusion orders and heavy fines.
It was also announced yesterday that Health authorities in the emirate of Abu Dhabi are taking extra measures to confirm safety not only for patients but for medical workers as well.
In the Capital, it is also being mandatory that people coming in Abu Dhabi have to undergo coronavirus PCR test and wear a tracking wristband for two weeks home quarantine.
