A joint media briefing was organised on Saturday by the Ministry
of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, and the Ministry of Education, to detail
preventive measures taken to tackle coronavirus, COVID-19.
During the briefing, MoHAP explained the measures taken to
handle the cases of the coronavirus amongst the UAE Tour's participants.
According to the Ministry, the quarantined contacts included 26
hotel visitors, 56 athletes and 236 hotel staff.
MoHAP Spokesperson Dr. Nada Al Marzouqi, said that under the
leadership’s directives, the Ministry had established closed cooperation with
the National Crisis and Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA), and other
concerned authorities, to take necessary preventive and precautionary measures
against coronavirus.
She said the World Health Organistion (WHO) praised the country
for the efficient measures taken and for evacuating people of various
nationalities from China to the UAE where they were placed in the Humanitarian
City in Abu Dhabi.
She confirmed that the UAE has enough strategic stocks of
advanced medical tools and well equipped isolation rooms, as well as highly
qualified medical teams who work around the clock.
She revealed that the total number of confirmed cases stands at
45, including seven cases of fully recovered people.
Dr. Amna Al Dhahak, Ministry of Education’s Assistant
Under-secretary for School Activities Affairs, said the Ministry carried out a
comprehensive programme to sterilise public and private schools and
universities.
She added that up to date, over 620 school buildings were
completely sterlised, in addition to 6,000 school buses.
She also referred to the distance education system announced by
the Ministry, saying that more than 168,000 started to benefit from the pilot
programme, while 23,000 students from the Higher Colleges of Technology, Zayed
University and the UAE University, completed the experimental programme.
Dr. Al Dhahak explained that in case students or parents are
facing any challenges with the distance learning, they can ask for technical
support at the toll-free number 80051115.
07/03/2020