Covid-19 war chief in Abu Dhabi shares how he fought the virus himself

Covid-19 war chief in Abu Dhabi shares how he fought the virus himself

An Abu Dhabi health chief leading the war on the pandemic was a former military man - but when he entered the Covid-19 battlefield, it quickly became the biggest fight of his life.

Matar Al Nuaimi, director-general of the Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre and director of the Emergency and Disaster Management Division, has been mobilising a huge part of the UAE's Covid-19 response.

At one point, with his boots on the ground, the virus struck him down, sending him into medical isolation for 20 days. Covid-19 didn't stop him from working, though, he made sure that healthcare teams had the support they needed right from his hospital bed.

"It was fate. It was my fate to deal with Covid-19 both