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Workers and residents queue in front of the sanitising gate before they can enter the main tent screening centre.
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Mass testing across the country is credited with saving lives and allowing the economy to reopen gradually. All photos by Victor Besa / The National
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A mass testing campaign aims to screen all workers living in Abu Dhabi’s Mussaffah area
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The testing is free of cost, said the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi.
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Free transportation is provided to take workers from their accommodation to testing centres.
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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.
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“Testing campaign and sanitisation [are] to be conducted in gradual phases, and in coordination with targeted blocks,” said the Abu Dhabi Media Office.
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The main medical registration area at the Seha facility in Mussaffah.
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Another queue sends visitors to a line where they are processed by handing over their Emirates ID card and phone number.
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A staff member of the center directs a workers to the next area at the screening centre.
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A high body temperature of 38°C could indicate signs of fever, a common coronavirus symptom.
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Visitors must complete a brief questionnaire to help nurses understand the health status of those waiting in line.
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On arrival in Mussaffah, workers walk through a sanitisation mist shower before entering the tented clinic.
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Workers and residents queue in front of the sanitising gate before they can enter the main tent screening centre.
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Mass testing across the country is credited with saving lives and allowing the economy to reopen gradually. All photos by Victor Besa / The National
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A mass testing campaign aims to screen all workers living in Abu Dhabi’s Mussaffah area
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The testing is free of cost, said the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi.
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Free transportation is provided to take workers from their accommodation to testing centres.
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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.
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“Testing campaign and sanitisation [are] to be conducted in gradual phases, and in coordination with targeted blocks,” said the Abu Dhabi Media Office.
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The main medical registration area at the Seha facility in Mussaffah.
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Another queue sends visitors to a line where they are processed by handing over their Emirates ID card and phone number.
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A staff member of the center directs a workers to the next area at the screening centre.
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A high body temperature of 38°C could indicate signs of fever, a common coronavirus symptom.
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Visitors must complete a brief questionnaire to help nurses understand the health status of those waiting in line.
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On arrival in Mussaffah, workers walk through a sanitisation mist shower before entering the tented clinic.
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Workers and residents queue in front of the sanitising gate before they can enter the main tent screening centre.
Coronavirus: Mass testing campaign to screen all Mussaffah workers for Covid-19
The campaign in the Abu Dhabi area begins tomorrow and will be free of cost
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Haneen Dajani
08 May, 2020
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