His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, issued Executive Council Resolution No. (18) for the year 2020, to establish a center specialized in diseases and epidemics, under the name of “Control and Control Center for Corona Virus Control”, headed by Dr. Amer Ahmed Al Sharif, membership of executives of Dubai Health Care Corporation, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai Data Corporation, the health organization sector in the Dubai Health Authority, the health regulation sector in the authority of Dubai Healthcare City, and one representative for each of the following: the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, and services Health services in Dubai Police, and the Dubai State Security Service, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences Foundation, the Dubai Ambulance Services, and representatives of supplier companies for medical equipment and devices, hospitals and medical centers in the private sector, medical laboratories, pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of medicines.
The decision set the tasks of the center, foremost of which is preparing strategic plans and general frameworks for combating epidemics, submitting the necessary recommendations thereon, unifying the decision-making mechanism in health matters related to combating epidemics, including the Corona virus, and setting up a rapid intervention plan to raise the health sector's capabilities in dealing with affected cases With these epidemics, and coordinating with the various stakeholders from both the governmental and private sectors, to ensure the provision of appropriate work mechanisms, human resources, medical devices and supplies, and others.