Coronavirus in UAE: How to get your Covid-19 test done

Coronavirus in UAE: How to get your Covid-19 test done

Among the countries with high infection counts are China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Iran, Japan, Singapore or Italy.. But a senior official at the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) clarified that screenings are not done this way.. People have to understand that healthcare facilities cannot test everyone, he said.. "If we allow everyone coming from even low risk countries to take this test, we will exhaust our resources, which we do not want to do.. We want to preserve our resources and use them for those who at higher risk at contracting this disease," he told Khaleej Times.. If a person matches the Covid-19 conditions, then he must be taken to the nearest hospital or clinic, preferably with a mask on, if he exhibits symptoms.. Elaborating on the Covid-19 test, Dr Al Rasasi said: "The healthcare worker takes swab samples from the suspected patient's nose, throat and sputum.. After the swab test, the patient is kept in the isolation facility at the hospital until the result of the swab test is released, which roughly takes 24 hours.". In case the swab test results for Covid-19 turn out to be positive, Dr Al Rasasi said the DHA would send its special ambulance