United Arab Emirates:
The first patient, a 73-year-old Chinese woman, who came to the country on holiday with her family from Wuhan. The first two deaths were confirmed on March 20. On 22 March, Dubai started an 11-day sterilization campaign as an effort to contain the coronavirus. Night curfew was imposed 4 days later while the country began disinfection. School closure was first announced on March 8 for 4 weeks. 3 weeks later, it was announced that school will be closed until the end of the academic year. On 31 January, the fifth case of coronavirus in the UAE was confirmed, in someone who had traveled from Wuhan to Dubai.
The Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center has developed a treatment method that regenerates lung cells and prevents the immune system from overreacting, Hend Al Otaiba, Director of Strategic Communications with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a Twitter thread. She said the treatment involves the extraction of stem cells from a patient’s blood and reintroducing them into the lungs via inhalation of a mist. They are using Dexamethasone. The drug reduces the mortality rate of critically ill patients. The medication is of no use to corona patients with mild symptoms, but that doesn’t matter. They don’t require hospitalization. No medicines too, as their treatment is more symptomatic.