Abu Dhabi Covid-19 testing centres to stay open over Eid Al Adha

National screening centres will continue to take bookings for PCR tests

Mass testing across the country is credited with saving lives and allowing the economy to reopen gradually. All photos by Victor Besa / The National

A mass testing campaign aims to screen all workers living in Abu Dhabi’s Mussaffah area

The testing is free of cost, said the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi.

Free transportation is provided to take workers from their accommodation to testing centres.

The initiative announced by the Abu Dhabi Media Office, said no legal action will be taken against those who are living in the emirate on expired visas.

“Testing campaign and sanitisation [are] to be conducted in gradual phases, and in coordination with targeted blocks,” said the Abu Dhabi Media Office.

The main medical registration area at the Seha facility in Mussaffah.

Another queue sends visitors to a line where they are processed by handing over their Emirates ID card and phone number.

A staff member of the center directs a workers to the next area at the screening centre.

A high body temperature of 38°C could indicate signs of fever, a common coronavirus symptom.

Visitors must complete a brief questionnaire to help nurses understand the health status of those waiting in line.

On arrival in Mussaffah, workers walk through a sanitisation mist shower before entering the tented clinic.

Workers and residents queue in front of the sanitising gate before they can enter the main tent screening centre.

Coronavirus screening centres, hospitals and clinics across Abu Dhabi will remain open throughout Eid Al Adha to conduct Covid-19 tests and treat patients.

On Tuesday, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, or Seha, which operates private hospitals across the capital, said people could be tested throughout the public holiday, from July 30 to August 2.

National Screening Centres:

These will operate during regular working hours, from 10am to 8pm on Thursday, July 30, and then 10am to 6pm from Friday to Sunday.

The centres will resume regular hours from Monday, August 3.

Covid-19 Prime Assessment Centres at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and Al Ain Convention Centre will operate from 8am to 8pm throughout the public holiday.

The National Screening Project Centre in Mussaffah and Al Dhafra will be closed over Eid and will reopen with regular hours on Monday.

Seha hospitals:

Emergency departments at Seha hospitals will continue to provide 24-hour care. Clinics will close for the public holiday and resume services on Monday.

Visitors will be accepted during regular hours, from 10am to 12pm and 5pm to 7pm.

The Corniche Hospital will provide services to children with jaundice from 10am to 2pm on Saturday, August 1.

Covid-19 Clinic, near Tawam Hospital, will operate on Saturday from 8am to 4pm.

The Covid-19 Clinic in Al Dhafra will operate from 8am to 4pm throughout the holiday except on Friday.

Seha Dialysis Centres will be open from 7am to 11pm daily except on Friday.