Abu Dhabi Ports has announced the establishment of centers to conduct screening tests for the emerging corona virus (Covid-19) in Khalifa and Zayed ports. This is within the framework of the preventive measures and efforts made to maintain the health and safety of its employees and everyone in its facilities and to ensure business continuity.
The capacity of the new examination centers, which extend over an area of 150 square meters, is 700 tests per day. It was equipped in a record time of one day, and was also equipped with the latest diagnostic medical equipment to detect Covid-19 injuries, and an integrated medical staff to conduct the examination, which takes a few minutes, and results will appear within 24. Abu Dhabi Ports will strive to complete 6,000 samples in the coming days.
Captain Hazza Al Junaibi, Director of Institutional Security, Abu Dhabi Ports, said: “Abu Dhabi Ports are keen at all times to provide a safe working environment for all of its employees. Since the beginning of the outbreak of the new Corona virus, we have taken a series of preventive measures, the last of which is to provide testing centers in the Khalifa and Zayed ports in order to enhance Preventive measures to protect the health and safety of our employees who continue to play their vital roles in order to ensure the continued flow of the basic needs of societies throughout supply chains, as do hundreds of thousands of workers in the marine sector and ship crews and workers on the docks around the world.
It is reported that, since the beginning of the crisis of the new Corona Virus, Abu Dhabi Ports have rushed to take extensive measures to protect the health and safety of all workers in their facilities, including providing thermal scanning facilities at all marine checkpoints, and conducting temperature checks for all crews of ships and workers on the docks of ports in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi starting From the main gates. Abu Dhabi Ports also send medical personnel to conduct an examination of the new Corona in the ports of Al Dhafra Region and other facilities in Abu Dhabi to ensure the safety of operational staff and the continuity of work.
In addition to the above, Abu Dhabi Ports conduct comprehensive sterilization operations for all its marine facilities on a regular basis, pursuant to the directives of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection aiming to limit the spread of the Corona virus. It also continues its efforts to deal with other dimensions of the crisis, as it provided facilities and economic incentives packages for customers of the industrial zones group Affiliate, to support them in facing the challenges caused by the global economic slowdown, in line with government directives to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic repercussions on economic activity.
The global shipping and marine trade sector plays a pivotal role in facing the global repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic, by ensuring the continuity of supply chain activity and trade movement to ensure the supply of vital sectors such as food and medical care with their needs.
Abu Dhabi Ports has expressed its appreciation and support for the efforts of health care workers and other vital sectors through the launch of its global solidarity initiative, "Echoes of Hope", where all ships release their horns daily, until the end of the crisis, for 15 seconds from ports and ports around the world.