Coronavirus: UAE reports 470 Covid-19 cases, 438 recoveries

Coronavirus: UAE reports 470 Covid-19 cases, 438 recoveries

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Monday reported 470 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 438 recoveries.More than 7.5 million Covid-19 tests have been carried out in the country so far.On Sunday, the UAE recorded its highest number of Covid-19 recoveries in a day, pinning the country's recovery rate at 89 per cent, one of the highest in the world. The health ministry announced yesterday that 2,443 patients were cured of the infection in the last 24 hours and no fatalities were reported.Meanwhile, studies have revealed that a person's saliva can now be used as an alternative to the nasopharyngeal swab for Covid-19 screening. Use of saliva could exponentially widen the testing network for Covid-19,