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The rapid urbanisation of Gulf countries in recent decades has highlighted the urgent need for urban risk management to be understood and put into practice, said a UN official. Mami Mizutori, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR, explained that this could be attained via building …

A 73-year-old woman from China, admitted into hospital care in the UAE after being infected by the new coronavirus, has recovered, the Ministry of Health and Prevention said today. According to the Ministry of Health, Liu Yujia, who was treated at an isolation ward since 23rd January, has “recovered fully …

 The coronavirus death toll in China has risen to 811, Xinhua News Agency quoted the National Health Commission of China as saying on Sunday. In a statement issued today, the Commission announced that overall confirmed cases of the new coronavirus on the Chinese mainland had reached 37,198 by the end …

The UAE announces two new cases of Chinese and Filipino patients with symptoms of coronavirus. The total number of discovered cases is seven cases since the outbreak of the disease until today, according to the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention. The Ministry said in a statement that the new …

Dubai media office denies the quote of the Philippine Minister of Labor regarding the death of a Filipina in Dubai due to the novel Corona virus, as the deceased was suffering from pneumonia and laboratory tests were negative for the mentioned virus.

The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Bahrain said on Monday there were no cases of coronavirus in the kingdom, refuting the allegations which were published in a local newspaper claiming two students who returned from the city of Wuhan China, had been diagnosed with the virus. The Bahrain …

“ADEK” confirms that there are no any cases of the new Coronavirus detected in Abu Dhabi, and urges the public to investigate accuracy and to refrain from circulating rumors or any information that was not issued by the official authorities.

The Ministry of Economy warns all sales outlets, cooperative socities, pharmacies and medical stores across the country against raising the prices of masks and disinfectant materials, due to the high demand in the current period in conjunction with the Corona virus outbreak and the declaration of the World Health Organization …

 In the face of the latest coronavirus outbreak, China is setting a new standard for outbreak response, an article in China’s CGTV website has suggested. The article quoted WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, when on January 30th he declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern over the global outbreak …

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention announced a new case of Coronavirus infection in the country, and added that the patient was stable and under medical care. He arrived from the Chinese city of Wuhan. Since the outbreak of the disease in China, only five cases have so far …