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Frontline workers, such as medics leading the fight against Covid-19, are being recognised in the UAE. Reuters
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A healthcare worker tests a man for Covid-19 at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Reuters
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A health worker examines a sample taken from a labourer in the Al Quoz district of Dubai. The UAE has significantly increased testing for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. AFP
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A medic takes samples from a worker at a testing centre in Al Quoz. AFP
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A man wearing a protective mask has his body temperature reading taken upon arriving at the police station in Naif. AFP
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A man, wearing a protective mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, has his temperature taken at the Ibn Battuta centre in Dubai. AFP
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Frontline workers, such as medics leading the fight against Covid-19, are being recognised in the UAE. Reuters
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Medical staff inside a Covid-19 screening centre at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Reuters
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A healthcare worker tests a man for Covid-19 at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Reuters
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A health worker examines a sample taken from a labourer in the Al Quoz district of Dubai. The UAE has significantly increased testing for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. AFP
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A medic takes samples from a worker at a testing centre in Al Quoz. AFP
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A man wearing a protective mask has his body temperature reading taken upon arriving at the police station in Naif. AFP
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An employee wears a protective face mask and shield while collecting carts outside a Lulu hypermarket in Dubai. Bloomberg
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A man, wearing a protective mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, has his temperature taken at the Ibn Battuta centre in Dubai. AFP
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Frontline workers, such as medics leading the fight against Covid-19, are being recognised in the UAE. Reuters
President Sheikh Khalifa establishes Frontline Heroes Office
The new organisation will be headed by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
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08 July, 2020
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