UAE: Covid-19 cases below 1,000 after nearly 2 months; doctors explain trends

UAE: Covid-19 cases below 1,000 after nearly 2 months; doctors explain trends

Globally, cases decreased by nine per cent between July 25 and 31, as compared to the previous week

Published: Fri 5 Aug 2022, 2:29 PM

If declining number of Covid-19 cases in the past couple of weeks are an indication, the UAE seems to have turned the corner on the Omicron era of pandemic.

For the first time in eight weeks, which included a period of public holidays, the caseloads have dropped below 1,000. The Ministry of Health and Prevention on Friday announced 998 new positive cases of Covid-19 after conducting 244,993 PCR tests. The three-figure mark is the lowest since June 9, when 1,031 cases were announced.

Frontline doctors told Khaleej Times that the trend seen in the UAE has a similar trajectory witnessed worldwide. The WHO’s Covid-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update noted that, globally, the number of cases decreased by nine per cent between July 25 and 31, as compared to the previous week.

Dr Saheer Sainalabdeen, specialist pulmonologist at Medeor Hospital, Dubai, said: “Globally, the most recent surge in cases caused by Omicron sub variants has been declining at a rapid phase. Unlike the dip in the number of cases in the past, the current phase is more pronounced. We are seeing positive