ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH FOR UAE: The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention’s approval of the emergency use of a new treatment for COVID-19 has come as yet another breakthrough for the country as it becomes the first in the world to both license and enable immediate use by patients. Just last week, the UAE topped the charts globally for the number of vaccination doses administered per 100 people in the total population. It was also the first country in the world to announce the commencement of the world’s first phase III clinical trials of a COVID-19 inactivated vaccine in June last year. That the new treatment from healthcare major GSK offers the prospect of reducing fatalities by 85 per cent is a welcome and reassuring development. [COMMENT BY: Sharmila Dhal, UAE Editor]