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Why is the UAE on the red list ?!

Sami Al Riyami

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May 16, 2021

It is striking and strange that there are countries that place the UAE on the red list in the spread of the new Corona virus (Covid-19), and accordingly, travelers from the Emirates wishing to enter those countries must adhere to a mandatory quarantine for a period ranging between one and two weeks according to the laws of those countries, and the strangeness. It lies in the fact that the general health situation, procedures and policies for combating Corona in the UAE are hundreds of stages better than some countries that classify the UAE as being on the red list, in addition to the contradiction in placing countries on the green and yellow lists, and they do not basically compare with what they do. And the UAE provided it to combat the virus!

First, we must know that there are no list or global standards approved by the World Health Organization or any known international organization for red, green and yellow countries. These lists are not drawn up by organizations or bodies. Rather, they are lists that each country creates according to its own vision, and it often depends on two elements. The first is the number of daily injuries and deaths compared to the number of the population, and the second is a really strange element and does not depend on any scientific, legal or health method, which is reciprocity, so as long as you put me on the red list, I will respond to you by putting you on the same list!

If we go back to the first element, which is predominant in most countries of the world, the red and green lists of countries are determined based on the number of daily injuries compared to the number of the population, in addition to the vision of each country and its own procedures for receiving arrivals from different countries of the world, so some countries see that the registration Approximately 2000 daily cases in the UAE are a large number compared to the number of residents!

However, in the Emirates we see that this number is very natural and has no effect on life or in the available health capabilities, especially since we in the Emirates live a very near-normal life, and the government has decided here to choose a return to economic openness and work intensively to tighten precautionary measures instead of stopping appearances. All life, in addition to that, the UAE, and with the testimony of international organizations and bodies, is one of the best countries in the world in facing the pandemic and the most proactive examination (PCR) procedure to detect the virus, in addition to providing the vaccine free of charge to all citizens and residents, and exceeding the percentage of those in society who have received vaccination 72%, which made the Emirati model in facing the pandemic a global model to follow.

Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, the UAE has adopted a transparent approach, and is taking serious and important steps to combat the virus. Therefore, the percentage of daily pre-examinations has reached the highest global rate, and no other country has exceeded it in this, while the rest of the countries do not adhere to the tests, and accordingly the numbers of the infected It remains limited, and this does not necessarily mean that it is successful in fighting the virus, and that it is not spread in it, rather it means that it exists, but it has not been discovered yet!

What matters to us, citizens and residents of the UAE, is that we are completely sure of the success of our government in confronting this virus, and here we live our lives comfortably and without pressure, and here we are committed to all the decisions and policies of the state related to Corona, and we do not care much about the opinion of some countries and their procedures, and most Citizens and residents of the Emirates do not want to leave the country, not because we are on the red list of some countries, but because we are confident that here in the Emirates we enjoy security, safety and care that we do not find in any other country if we travel to it!

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