His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, said on his page on Twitter: “We are following with interest the efforts of the Chinese government to contain the spread of the Corona virus .. We are confident in the ability of friendly China to overcome this crisis The UAE, within the framework of its humanitarian approach, is ready to provide all forms of support to China and cooperate with the international community to tackle this virus.
While the Minister of Health and Community Protection, Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad Al Owais, confirmed that the UAE is free of any cases infected with the new Corona virus, and that all parties have taken the necessary precautions to prevent the virus from reaching the country.
Al-Owais stressed, during his presidency of the meeting of the team of emergency management, crises and national disasters, yesterday, the need to draw news from its official sources, and not to circulate rumors and false information, in addition to the need to publish the necessary instructions to the public and ensure that they are followed in order to preserve its safety, through social media channels for official agencies and means Accredited media, in order to ensure the safety of citizens and residents on the territory of the state, and to prevent the virus.
The meeting discussed, in the presence of a number of the competent authorities, all necessary preventive measures to prevent the arrival of the new pneumonia virus Corona to the state, and it was stressed the need for the readiness of all concerned agencies to deal with the disease in the event of suspicion or reporting any state received.
And based on monitoring the general situation inside and outside the country, and after the lifting of the preventive measures taken by China, and the emergence of new cases in several other countries, according to reports issued by the World Health Organization, the state of willingness to deal with cases in a precautionary and proactive manner through the state's outlets, and the circulation of dealing mechanisms Medical treatment with the disease by educating the health personnel working in governmental and private medical facilities, to prevent the disease from spreading and spreading in the country.
While the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health stressed that "there is no case of infection with the (new corona) virus, nor is there truth to the rumors circulating about registering an infection, as it is related to corona viruses known previously and is receiving regular medical treatment, and has nothing to do with the new virus."
To that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation called on the citizens of the state to postpone the travel to the People's Republic of China except in cases of extreme necessity, in light of what is witnessing several countries of the new pneumonia virus «Corona», and in the concern of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the safety of citizens.
The Ministry emphasized that citizens abroad are required to follow safety and medical protection instructions, in order to preserve their safety, and in emergency cases, and to communicate with the nearest state mission abroad, or with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation call center on the number 0097180044444.
For its part, the UAE consulate in Hong Kong said on its account via Twitter that the alert status in Hong Kong has been raised to the level of responding to "emergencies" to confront the Corona virus.