People urged to report suspicious cases of COVID-19 in worker accommodations in Abu Dhabi

Call 909 to report suspicious COVID-19 cases: Abu Dhabi media

Published: April 17, 2020 16:13 Gulf News Report

masks police abu dhabi — Abu Dhabi Police personnel were involved in the campaign to educate workers on the necessity of wearing masks, gloves to protect them from infection due to person-to-person transmission and taking the necessary precautions and staying in their respective accommodation. Image Credit: Screengrab / WAM

Dubai: People have been urged to report suspicious cases of COVID-19 in workers' accommodation in Abu Dhabi.

To report suspicious cases of COVID-19 in workers accommodation, please call the operations center on 909, Abu Dhabi government media tweeted.

Calling everyone’s cooperation in the fight against the pandemic, the government agency sent out a tweet on Friday in five languages - Arabic, English, Hindi, Urdu and Filipino.

The UAE on Thursday announced 2 deaths, 460 new cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of infections in the country to 5,825.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention also announced 61 new recoveries, bringing the total number of coronavirus-recovered cases in the country to 1,095.