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UAE Reports 783 New Coronavirus Cases


Tue 12 May 2020 | 05:45 PM
Mohamed Helba

The Ministry of Health and Prevention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported Tuesday 783 new coronavirus cases, the biggest daily increase in coronavirus infections as the numbers of the cases in the country continues its massive jump.

This upped the total number of the diagnosed cases in UAE to 19,661. These cases have been discovered after undergoing 32,000 tests in the country.

The ministry also announced the recovery of 631 patients after receiving the necessary medical care. The total number of people who recovered so far has reached 6,012.

"Two new deaths have been recorded, taking the death toll to 203," the ministry added. It also added that all the deaths are foreigner and suffered from chronic diseases.

People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.

Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.

It can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.

How To protect yourself from Coronavirus: 

-Wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand rub if your hands are not visibly dirty as washing hands with soap and water eliminates the virus if it is on the hands.

-When coughing and sneezing, cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – discard tissue immediately into a closed bin and clean your hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water to prevent the spread of germs and viruses. If you sneeze or cough into your hands, you can pass the virus to other people that you have contact with.

-Eating fruits and vegetables that contain Vitamin C so that your immune system could be enhanced for better and be able to confront viruses.

-Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth as hands touch many surfaces, which can be contaminated with the virus. If you touch your eyes, nose or mouth with your contaminated hands, the virus from the surface may infect you.

Accordingly, you need to keep surrounding surfaces clean and free of viruses.

Make sure to keep all surrounding surfaces clean, even those that don’t usually cross minds like: keyboards, phone receivers, doorknobs, light switcher.

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