The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship has declared that expatriates' residency, whether they are inside or outside the country, is considered valid until the end of December, when it ends its date after the first of March 2020, and that all identity cards ending on the first of March of this year are valid until the end of December Next, while the Ministry of Health and Community Protection announced that it has conducted 23,380 new examinations to detect coronavirus infections, similar to 172 new cases of recovery, they have fully recovered from the symptoms of the disease after receiving the necessary health care since they entered the hospital, bringing the number of cases of recovery So far 852 cases, while three new deaths were announced, bringing the number of deaths due to the Corona Virus to 25 deaths, this came during the 14th periodic briefing of the Emirates government to introduce the latest developments related to the emerging corona virus (Covid 19).
In detail, the spokesperson for the country's health sector, Dr. Farida Al Hosani, confirmed during the briefing that the National Home Screening Program for People of Determination complements the national precautionary efforts to enhance safety and public health in the community, and it supports the efforts of the vehicle's scanning centers to detect the virus and testing centers dependent on Country level.
And she said: «Through the National Home Screening Program, we target a group of people most important to us, who are our brothers and sisters of people of determination who are not able to easily reach the examination centers, especially those who cannot move naturally, or who are unable to express, or who suffer from difficulty in communication with the others".
She pointed out that the social media circulation of the dates of high and low curve infections with Corona virus and reaching the peak stage, there is no scientific evidence for it, as there is no so-called epidemiological curve, by which we mean medically high number of cases of disease and reaching the peak, followed by a low curve, It is not possible to confirm a specific date to reach the peak.
She added: "Many of these studies have proven that societal practices to limit the spread of the virus, such as physical spacing and reducing clusters, contribute significantly to delaying the spread, reducing the number of cases, and thus breaking the sharpness of height, and limiting the rise in cases over a short period of time."
Al-Hosani advised individuals to wear gloves when leaving the house, to replace them constantly when moving from one place to another, and to avoid touching personal belongings when wearing gloves, especially those that are frequently used like a phone, and washing hands well with soap and water after disposal of gloves, and repeat this procedure everywhere, It is a better and safer way than wearing gloves.
She drew attention to the spread of false information about how to wear the masks, where some think that wearing the masks and the blue side of it outside is specific to patients, while white is for recovering people, explaining that the subject has nothing to do with colors, and that the only correct way to wear the masks is that the color should always be blue to the outside.
The spokesperson of the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, Brigadier General Khamis Al-Kaabi confirmed, through a remote intervention during the briefing, that the authority made a set of decisions to alleviate the residents of the country from the effects of the international measures taken in the face of the outbreak of the Corona virus, which included considering the residence of arrivals, whether They were present inside or outside the country, valid until the end of December of this year, when its end date came after the first of March 2020, indicating that the commission received requests from residents and visitors present in the country to join their families in their homeland under the current conditions, and is in progress Work on the coordination of these requests.
Al-Kaabi stressed the need for customers to complete their transactions through the smart services platform of the Federal Authority for Identity and Nationality, which adheres to the highest levels of quality in providing these services, noting that the Federal Authority for Identity and Nationality is committed to all segments of society, including citizens, residents and visitors, and is ready to receive their inquiries through communication channels Advertised on the authority's official website.