Within the framework of its advanced programs to harness artificial intelligence technologies and the fifth generation of communication networks in support of the precautionary health measures that protect community members against Coved 19, the Ministry of Health and Community Protection has employed a smart self-driving car to distribute preventive medical products such as disinfectant masks and gloves, to residents of a residential complex in Sharjah and workers Those in the complex, in cooperation with the Sharjah Family Health Promotion Center and Huawei Electronics.
Dr. Amin Hussein Al-Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for the Public Health Policy and Licensing Sector, affirmed the Ministry’s keenness to employ smart means and technologies in educational programs related to the emerging corona virus, considering the self-driving car as a valid option to enhance prevention from Covid 19 because it allows to significantly reduce the opportunity for communication between people and provide Time. He pointed to the importance of using artificial intelligence to protect the Ministry's staff from infection, and to save their time that can be devoted to treatment and patient care. Adding that the current situation represents an opportunity to use this technology in response to the requirements of the global health crisis, and increase the safety of community members from the Covid-19 virus.
Smart solutions in the government service system,
and his Excellency pointed out that the Ministry is keen to implement the vision of the UAE government in making the country one of the first countries in the world to use smart self-driving vehicles in government services, in implementation of the Emirates strategy for the fourth industrial revolution, which is to benefit from technological progress based on intelligence Artificial, Internet of Things, Fifth Generation Communications and other smart technology solutions, which are accelerating their development, to play vital roles in the government service system that operates within a future vision of sustainable development.
The UAE deserves to employ the technologies of the fifth generation of technologies,
noting that the UAE is more qualified than others to employ this technology in government projects, including health, with a legislative environment, flexible laws and an adequate infrastructure to strengthen the fifth generation networks that support this type of technology. Emphasizing that all government and private agencies in the country work simultaneously and jointly to contain the repercussions of the Covid 19 virus, as the UAE has proven its ability to conquer and confront crises very quickly and extremely, due to its unique capabilities, high technologies, plans and proactive strategies to face risks.
This initiative is part of a series of awareness campaigns carried out by the Ministry by distributing means of self-protection and explaining health and preventive guidelines, and how to take serious precautionary measures such as physical spacing, full commitment to wearing masks and gloves to protect the person himself and others around him, and directing them towards public health rules and cleaning And sterilization of surfaces, in addition to introducing them to the ways of transmission and how to protect themselves, what are the symptoms that appear on the infected person, and what are the steps to be taken in the event of the emergence of cases infected with the virus, which is to isolate the infected, and immediately contact the authorities For health to take the necessary action.