Dubai aims to attract 500,000 medical tourists

Dubai aims to attract 500,000 medical tourists

  DUBAI – Dubai is ramping up its health tourism with the aim of attracting 500,000 medical tourists this year, according to a Dubai Health Authority (DHA) official. Dr. Marwan Al Mulla, CEO for Health Regulations at DHA, said Dubai is prepared to provide health tourism amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dubai opened its borders to tourists on July 7. The UAE has one of the world’s highest recovery rate for coronavirus, which stood at 87.22 percent on Thursday (July 23), and one of the world’s lowest Covid-19 fatality rate. In Abu Dhabi, third phase human trials of a coronavirus vaccine is also underway. https://www.expatmedia.net/no-coronavirus-deaths-uae-24-hours/2020/07/ "With over four million PCR tests conducted across the UAE, over 100 field campaigns, 9,000 healthcare professionals who worked around the clock ... we were able to keep our fatality rate at less than 0.6 per cent and our recovery rate over 80 per cent," Dr. Al Mulla said. On Thursday, the country recorded no new deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, with the number of active cases dropping to 6,798.

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