Dr. Omar Al-Hammadi, the official spokesman of the UAE government media briefing on the developments of the health status in UAE, in the review of the past 7 days (between 23-29 December):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 More than 900,000 tests were conducted nationwide, with 8,491 confirmed cases. The rate of positive cases remains at 1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The mortality rate was 0.3% to be among the lowest in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 In conjunction with the health authorities’ continuous investigations, a limited number of infections with the new strain of COVID-19 that appeared in the UK have been detected in the UAE who has entered from abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022The total number of tests performed has reached 20,593,403, including PCR and DPI tests throughout all the emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases have reached 204,369, while the total number of recoveries is 181,400 and the deaths toll 662.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022The UAE has applied holistic approaches in handling COVID-19, succeeding over all countries in the Middle East and Africa, and ranking the tenth globally in the treatment effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 In the third phase of clinical trials of the Russian and Chinese vaccines, the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine achieved positive results, with the efficacy rate reaching 86%\u061c, and the preliminary results showed 100% protection against the occurrence of moderate and severe infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The Combination Hope initiative launched by the UAE is prepared to facilitate and support the distribution of 6 billion doses of vaccinations around the world, with the aim of increasing this capacity to 18 billion by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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