ABU DHABI, Mar 26 (NNN-WAM) – The UAE announced the detection of 85 new COVID-19 cases and the recovery of seven more individuals.
The announcement was made by the Ministry of Health and Prevention, during a regular press briefing, wherein Dr. Farida Al Hosani, the official spokesperson for the UAE health sector, highlighted the latest COVID-19 developments in the country and the measures taken by Emirati authorities to combat the spread of the pandemic.
Al Hosani, who is also Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases at the Abu Dhabi Centre for Public Health, said, the new cases are from various nationalities, including one each from Djibouti, Canada, Hungary, Russia, Belgium, Mauritius, Tunisia, Serbia, Venezuela, Sweden, Brazil, Romania, and Oman; two each from Palestine, Indonesia, Colombia, Japan, Germany, Egypt, Morocco and Spain; three each from the Netherlands, Australia, South Africa, Philippines, France, India, the US, and China; four each from Saudi Arabia and Italy; five each from Iran and Pakistan, and seven each from the UAE and Britain, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 333.
She also announced the recovery of seven cases among individuals – five Bangladeshi and two Pakistani nationals – who have all been discharged from hospital after making a full recovery, taking the total number of recoveries in the UAE to 52 so far.
Al Hosani stressed the importance of all UAE citizens and residents staying home unless absolutely necessary and adhering to all the precautionary measures advised by the relevant authorities.– NNN-WAM
