COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | United Arab Emirates |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Dubai[1] |
Arrival date | 29 January 2020 (4 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) |
Confirmed cases | 1,067,030[2] |
Active cases | 25,258[3] |
Recovered | 749,254[3] |
Deaths | 2,349[2] |
Fatality rate | 0.22% |
Vaccinations | |
Government website | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first confirmed case in the United Arab Emirates was announced on 29 January 2020. It was the first country in the Middle East to report a confirmed case.[4]
The first patient, a 73-year-old Chinese woman, was released on 9 February after recovering.[5] The first two deaths were confirmed on 20 March. On 22 March, Dubai started an 11-day sterilisation campaign as an effort to contain COVID-19. Night curfew was imposed four days later while the country began disinfection. School closure was first announced on 8 March for four weeks. Three weeks later, it was announced that schools will be closed until the end of the academic year.[citation needed]
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