640 new cases of the virus in the country

Dubai Health Authority: 250 dirhams maximum for a Corona examination

The Ministry of Health conducted 84,642 new examinations during the past 24 hours.

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The Dubai Health Authority has introduced an amendment to the pricing for the emerging corona virus examination (PCR) service, to become 250 dirhams instead of 370 dirhams as was the practice, and made it clear that conducting serial polymerase checks, or taking a nasal swab in Dubai, is limited to health facilities authorized to do so from Before the Authority or Dubai Healthcare City Authority, each according to the scope of its competence and powers.

She stressed that this step comes to reduce it for individuals, and in its part, in its keenness to expand the scope of the pre-emptive medical examinations that it continues as part of the precautionary and preventive measures in Dubai.

The authority issued a circular directing it to all health facilities licensed by it, to amend the price of the serial polymerase test for "Covid 19" (PCR) to become a maximum of 250 dirhams, including all fees, including taking a swab, conducting a laboratory examination, and issuing the result or certificate. Any additional fees for urgent examinations, or issuing the result in a shorter or faster period of time, or taking a swab at the work site, homes, or other places.

The authority stressed that it is forbidden for laboratories to deal with other than the health facilities authorized by them, and it is prohibited to receive or receive swabs sent from health facilities that are not authorized to take swabs and are not registered in the immunity system, and the authorized health facilities must take swabs to test for the virus, and commit to entering all The data required in the Hasana system as soon as the test scan is taken, and updated immediately in accordance with the provisions of the circulars previously issued by the authority.

She emphasized that all health facilities, including laboratories authorized to conduct the examination, must fully adhere to the completion of the electronic linking process with the Hesana system in accordance with the provisions of the circulars previously issued by the authority, and stressed that all concerned health facilities must adhere to what is stated in the circular Of directives to avoid any penalties or violations that may be issued in this regard, and the circular shall be enforced as of the date of its issuance, corresponding to 12 September.

She pointed out that the reduction in the prices of the "Covid-19" examination came after coordination and consensus with the concerned authorities, and in line with the general trend of the prices of the examinations, and what is followed at the state level in this regard.

In addition, the Ministry of Health and Community Protection announced that it had conducted 84,642 new examinations during the past 24 hours, on various groups in society, using the best and latest medical examination techniques, in line with its plan to expand and increase the scope of examinations in the country, with the aim of early detection and counting cases infected with the virus The new Corona (Covid-19) and those in contact with it and isolate them.

The intensification of investigation and examination procedures in the country and the expansion of the scope of examinations at the state level contributed to the detection of 640 new cases of the emerging coronavirus, of different nationalities, all of which are stable and subject to the necessary health care, thus the total number of registered cases is 79,489 cases.

The Ministry also announced that 468 new cases of those infected with the virus had recovered and fully recovered from symptoms of the disease, after receiving the necessary health care since entering the hospital, thus bringing the total number of cures to 69,451 cases, and the Ministry also announced that no death had been recorded during the past 24 hours.

• Preventing the imposition of additional fees for urgent tests, or issuing the results within a shorter period of time.

• 468 new cases of recovery from "Corona".

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