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Coronavirus news bulletin: UAE leads vaccine race; zero deaths recorded for second consecutive day; more parks, beaches to reopen in Abu Dhabi
A round-up of major developments related to Covid-19 across the country.
Up to 15,000 volunteers from Abu Dhabi city and Al Ain will be taking part in the Covid-19 vaccine trial that started in the Capital on Thursday, authorities have announced. Volunteers may now register on the website 4humanity.ae. A partnership between the Abu Dhabi-based tech firm Group 42 (G42) and Chinese pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, this clinical trial operation is the first WHO-enlisted Phase 3 trial for an inactivated Covid-19 vaccine
The world's first WHO-listed Phase III clinical trial of the Covid-19 inactivated vaccine has begun in Abu Dhabi, with Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Hamed, Chairman of the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, the first to participate in the trial. He was followed by Dr Jamal Al Kaabi, the department's acting undersecretary. The clinical trial will last for about three to six months, according to a statement from the Abu Dhabi government. It will be open to individual volunteers who are living in Abu Dhabi city and Al Ain.
Residents must take appointments to avail of the Dh50 laser-based Covid test at the new testing facility on the Dubai-Abu Dhabi border, the Abu Dhabi Emergency Crisis and Disasters Committee has announced.
The appointments can be booked through the website www.ghantoot.quantlase.com.
Authorities said the appointment-based testing was launched owing to the high demand for the test that will give results in less than five minutes.
The conference, which celebrated the UAE's effective use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in combating the Covid-19 pandemic, sought to explore the future of the technology and how it can bring about qualitative shifts in various sectors. The event hosted top-level executives and officials representing key sectors, including the government, healthcare, education and retail from the UAE and across the world. Sheikh Hamdan emphasised that the UAE has created a successful model for designing the future and ensuring high levels of preparedness to deal with unforeseen challenges, thanks to the guidance of Sheikh Mohammed.
The team members have expertise in medicine, molecular genetics, bioinformatics, veterinary science, and epidemiology.
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The UAE community has come forward to help a Dubai couple who is staring at Dh600,000 in hospital bills after having quadruplets. Help has poured in for the Nigerian couple Suliyac Abdulkareem, 29, and Cijani Adigun Shakiru, 33, after Khaleej Times reported the plight of the new parents. Suliyac, who did not have medical insurance, could not find a repatriation flight to go back home before the delivery date and got saddled with debts. Abdul Hakeem Anifowoshe, a Nigerian national who is coordinating the efforts, said they have raised Dh30,000 toward the medical bills through generous donations from Nigerian expats as well as other communities.
Tears of joy rolled down as 21-year-old Ghanian national Naomi Doughan looked at the air ticket handed over to her by a representative of Dubai based charity Dar Al Ber Society (Dabs). She is one of the 44 Ghanaian nationals who received free air tickets and a goodie bag by the Dabs on Thursday at a ceremony held at its headquarters in Dubai. The group - all from Ghana - were found sleeping at a park in Satwa when the Dabs was alerted of their plight. All 44 Ghanaians, including seven women, will fly out of Dubai International Airport today on a special repatriation flight by Emirates Airline. The Dabs has arranged a free Covid-19 test and two buses will transport them to the airport. The 44 Ghanaians are expected to land on their home soil Accra, Ghana at 1.35pm local time today.
Help is always at hand in Dubai as an Indian expat realised recently. Indian national Rajesh Lingaiah Odnala contracted Covid-19 and had to be hospitalised for 80 days. By the time he was fit to be discharged, he had run up a bill of Dh762,000, an amount he couldn't afford to pay. The distressed 42-year-old man from Hyderabad was in for a pleasant surprise when Dubai Hospital decided to waive the entire amount after the Indian Consulate, which came to know of his plight, wrote to the hospital appealing for a bill waiver on humanitarian grounds. The hospital responded positively and discharged the patient without any charges. The consulate also arranged a free ticket for him on Air India Express and Rajesh flew home on July 14.
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