The head of the Infectious Diseases Programs Department at the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health revealed the official spokesman and medical official for Emirates Humanitarian City, Dr. Faisal Al-Ahbabi, that the 215 medical guests, who were evacuated from the Chinese province of Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak of the new Corona virus «Covid-19 »Today, they will conduct the fourth and final laboratory examination, and if a negative result is achieved, they are scheduled to leave the city the day after tomorrow.
He pointed out that the guests belong to more than 10 nationalities, the oldest at the age of 56, while the youngest guests are six months old, and the largest segment of the guests are students, so all services that allow them to complete their studies remotely from within their residence in the city have been provided.
Al-Ahbabi affirmed, during a media tour organized by the city yesterday, that “the result of the three laboratory tests, which were conducted for nationals of brotherly and friendly countries hosted by the city, are negative, and the subjects have not yet had satisfactory symptoms through daily follow-up, while the fourth examination will be conducted for them Today, which is the 14th day for them in the city. ”He pointed out that the tests include taking a smear from the guests according to the standards of the World Health Organization, which is known as the laboratory“ PCR ”examination, and the duration of the survey takes a minute, and the samples are sent according to the criteria of the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi , To specialized laboratories, the most important of which is the city of Sheikh Khalifa Medical, and the results appear within two days, indicating that they are conducting the same laboratory tests for the administrative and medical staff in the city, and all of their results are sound.
He pointed out that the Emirates Humanitarian City has multiple goals, one of which is the quarantine that was applied to a part of the humanitarian city, according to the controls and requirements approved by the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, and according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization to combat infection and limit its spread, explaining that those in quarantine are They are in contact with cases, as they come from the Chinese city of Wuhan where the new Corona epidemic has spread, but they are healthy and have not had any symptoms since their arrival to the state until now.
He continued: «The largest segment of nationals are university students and schools, and they will have study and educational programs remotely to complete their studies, and not be affected by the quarantine period, and they will continue until three in the morning in the pursuit of distance study, besides providing a high-speed Wi-Fi service in all Throughout their region, as well as handing them mobile phones and communications chips containing international packages, and making available online chat programs, to communicate with their families whenever they want, stressing that the city provides citizens with living and recreational services within preventive precautions to fight infection, providing them with three daily meals, with a sense B order the type of eating, even the door of the room in which he lives.
For his part, Director of the Medical Response and Preparedness Department at the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, the leader of the Medical Response Team in the Humanitarian City, Ibrahim Faraj Al Mansoori, explained that the students and guests of the Emirates in the city were received and distributed to their rooms in record time, noting that the quarantine areas in the city It has been divided into three areas: the red zone that includes the residence of the nationals in the city, the yellow area that includes the various entertainment places, the green area in which meals and the requirements of the nationals they request are distributed, and each region has certain preventive measures.
55 infectious diseases
The head of the Department of Infectious Diseases Programs at the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health, Dr. Faisal Al-Ahbabi, revealed that “the electronic system for epidemiological investigation and electronic reporting, which belongs to the Abu Dhabi Health Center and the Abu Dhabi Health Department, accommodates more than 55 infectious diseases, classified according to three levels in terms of severity, and belongs Corona virus for the most dangerous category (red classification, must be reported directly).