End of COVID-19 in sight: UAE ranked among top 10 countries worldwide for response to pandemic

End of COVID-19 in sight: UAE ranked among top 10 countries worldwide for response to pandemic

With the World Health Organization (WHO) announcing that the end of the Covid-19 pandemic is in sight, doctors in the UAE are hailing the country’s response to the unprecedented times.

According to the Global Response to Infectious Diseases Index, the UAE ranks among the top 10 countries worldwide for its proactive approach during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Rakesh Gupta, Deputy Medical Director and Specialist Pulmonologist at Lifecare Hospital Mussafah, credits the country’s leadership for this.

“The UAE’s crisis management team, efficient governance and most importantly the integrated utilisation of public-private partnerships, has helped bring down the Covid-19 cases,” he said.

On Wednesday, with the number of newly reported Covid-19 cases dropping dramatically, WHO urged the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic. Last week, the number of cases fell to the lowest level since March 2020, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The falling numbers have also been reflected in the UAE with the country posting less than 500 cases a day for several days now.

Dr. Haider Ali, Consultant Family Medicine at Medcare Medical Centre, lists out the measures that helped the UAE deal with the pandemic. “Availability of mass testing, contact tracing via MoHaP, strict measures of mask wearing, which