Posts Tagged ‘Khaleej Times’

Saman Haziq On Wednesday, there were just 983 cases in contrast to 1,583 recoveries With a steady increase in Covid-19 recoveries over the last two weeks — and with the daily tally of cases dropping to its lowest this year — health experts say the country appears to have turned a corner in the pandemic.…

Saman Haziq The UAE’s vaccination rate has clocked 70 per cent, but residents have been asked to continue practising social distancing, as new revelations emerged that the Delta variant could spread like chickenpox. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the Delta variant of Covid can be as contagious as chickenpox…

The month of May has seen the lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in the UAE. The caseload and the average daily mortality rate have been steadily declining since the start of the year. Medical experts attribute this bending of the curve to the robust vaccination and screening drives held across the country. An approximate…

Countries world over are reviewing the idea of vaccine certificates to allow access to travel, hospitality and entertainment to help curb the spread of Covid-19, experts in the UAE have said. This comes as the UAE announced it is considering the possibility of imposing movement restrictions on residents who have not taken the Covid-19 vaccine despite being eligible to…

The UAE has emerged as a model to combat the raging Covid-19 pandemic. On the occasion of the World Health Day, which is observed on April 7 every year, healthcare professionals lauded the pragmatic and proactive approach the country took to curb the spread of the contagion that crippled several developed economies and healthcare systems…