Students returning from abroad confirmed that they had ended the mandatory quarantine for 14 days, and that the results of the medical survey demonstrated their safety, and that they had not been infected with the Corona virus, indicating that they are now continuing distance learning, stressing that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation implemented a rapid evacuation plan for them. They returned to the homeland.
Returning students noted the efforts made by the UAE embassies and their missions abroad to return them to the homeland safely, where they focused on direct communication with them, providing them with preventive measures that must be followed, and making direct lines of communication between cultural attachés and students to receive their calls and inquiries 24 hours a day, and the establishment of "Groups" on social media includes students of every country, so that no student feels that he is lonely, and collective communication between them takes place to check on some of them, in addition to communicating with their universities, and arranging remote study procedures to expedite their return to the Emirates.
The student, Naama Al-Naqbi, recounts the details of her return trip from the country of study to the Emirates, after the high number of injured people in Britain: “We felt fear and tension, but the state embassy in London contacted us and reassured us, and opened direct lines of communication with all students around the clock, to follow up our conditions. Daily, a group has also been created on the Telegram social networking program, and the cultural attaché has contacted the university to arrange procedures for implementing the distance learning system, so that our return to the UAE can be expedited.
She added: «The officials at the embassy were keen on our safety, in a way that calls for pride, pride and belonging to this country, as we were contacted with the need to return to the Emirates, and to adhere to all necessary procedures to do upon our return, and after our arrival we were examined by thermal cameras at the airport, and we were informed of conditions Domestic quarantine, and the importance of adhering to it, ”noting that she“ received a call from the Emirati embassy in the United Kingdom, reassuring her arrival and being subjected to thermal inspection, and affirming to follow all preventive measures, and the quarantine of her safety and the safety of Emirati society.
She continued: "Before arriving at my house, the competent authorities informed my family of the need to allocate a place for me to which the conditions of quarantine apply, and I applied the peace rule by reference, and from a distance of not less than a meter, and I entered a special room containing basic supplies and protective equipment."
She added: “After that, I was contacted by the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, to conduct an examination (Corona), and to complete the home stone for a period of 14 days, and I was also contacted by the Ministry of Education (Higher Education Sector) to check on my health, and to confirm my procedure Smear of the emerging corona virus ».
She indicated that she had conducted the smear on the Corona virus twice, the first after her return and the second after completing the 14 days in quarantine, and the results were negative, and throughout the quarantine period there was constant contact from the competent medical authorities to follow up on her health.
The returning student from Birmingham University, Saud Abdullah, said, “The Cultural Attaché communicated with all students on scholarship, as soon as cases of Corona virus infection appeared, and told us that within one or two days, instructions will be issued to us, but for the time being, we must adhere to the precautionary instructions for prevention and not to Infection with infection, and within two days the attaché communicated with the universities, and as soon as a decision was issued by any university to apply the remote study system, it was immediately communicated with the scholarship students at this university, and arranged for their return to the UAE. »
He added, "I received instructions via e-mail and via the Telegram, so I traveled on the second day, as all our return procedures were facilitated in a way that no other community in the university had witnessed."
He pointed out that he ended the quarantine period, and all the results of the examination were negative, which confirms the importance of the precautionary measures they followed abroad based on the instructions of the embassy.
He was supported in the opinion by the scholars student in France, Mohamed Saleh, pointing out that students from different countries of the world wished to receive the attention and care that Emiratis receive from their embassy, stressing that the speed of communication and setting options for students, the mechanism of their return, and the arrangement of completing their studies remotely until a while The disappearance of this global crisis contributed to the return of all students in record time.
While the scholarship student to study engineering in Canada, Mohammed Nasser Abdullah, praised the role of the Emirati embassy, “which spared no effort to help us, and transmitted reassurance and positivity in all of us, where we were contacted since the beginning of the Corona virus, by sending instructions on prevention methods and communicating with them At any time, then he was informed of the need to return to the Emirates based on the official instructions issued, and to provide all the assistance that we may need. ”
Eman Al-Naimi, PhD student of Dentistry at the University of Leeds, indicated that the embassy “provided communication channels with students on various communication channels, whether social media, personal mail, or by phone call, and all students, whether scholarships, were notified. From the Ministry of Education, or who are available to study at their own expense, with officials responsible for communicating with students and overcoming any obstacles they face 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as we have been provided with preventive guidance that must be followed, and the attachment has contacted universities to provide distance learning.
The student at King's College London, Muhammad Al Shamsi, recounted the details of his return trip, saying: “When cases began to increase in Britain, I received an email from the Cultural Attaché telling me that if my university provided a distance study alternative to traditional study, I must return To the Emirates, and if the university does not provide this option, then they must be informed to contact them, and provide a solution to complete my studies from the Emirates. ”
He pointed out that «the university in which he studies did not provide the option to study remotely, so the embassy contacted with it to arrange the necessary procedures to complete the study remotely, and after two weeks the university approved the application of the study, and informed me at the embassy of the need to leave», praising the role of the Emirati diplomacy in maintaining the safety of students And return them safe.
For his part, the assistant undersecretary for consular affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Khaled Al-Mazrouei, during his participation in a briefing, finally, confirmed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has led the foreign response plan through its embassies and representative missions abroad, through a number of measures, represented in urging Citizens who are outside the state to follow the safety and medical protection instructions issued by the competent authorities in the country of headquarters, register in the "my presence" service, and communicate with embassies in the country of headquarters, or the contact center in the ministry, when necessary.
Emirati doctors support Paris
Some students in the medical specialties insisted on continuing their stay in the country of study, including France, where the UAE’s ambassador to the French capital, Paris, Ali Al-Ahmad, revealed “the presence of a number of Emirati doctors in the French capital, who are studying for the purpose of obtaining (the French board) in specializations They have found various medical conditions, and they found that they should stay in Paris and provide support, assistance and assistance to their fellow French doctors in treating those injured in Paris hospitals after the virus spread.
He pointed out that «this epidemic does not recognize geographical borders, and its danger threatens all human beings, which made Emirati doctors take this position, and remain to help their French brothers».
Al-Ahmad added: "This position is always the position of the UAE, which seeks to provide support, assistance and relief to many countries around the world, which facilitates the work of diplomats and ambassadors, and greatly supports them."