• A commuter wearing a mask and disposable gloves due to the coronavirus pandemic sleeps aboard the driverless Metro in Dubai. AP Photo
    A commuter wearing a mask and disposable gloves due to the coronavirus pandemic sleeps aboard the driverless Metro in Dubai. AP Photo
  • A sign at Yeldizlar restaurant near the Burj Khalifa says 'Spread Love not Germs' after the easing of restrictions in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A sign at Yeldizlar restaurant near the Burj Khalifa says 'Spread Love not Germs' after the easing of restrictions in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • A commuter wearing a mask and disposable gloves due to the coronavirus pandemic waits for the driverless Metro at a station in Dubai. AP Photo
    A commuter wearing a mask and disposable gloves due to the coronavirus pandemic waits for the driverless Metro at a station in Dubai. AP Photo
  • Men in masks and disposable gloves to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, walk through a traditional souq as many shops remain closed due to the outbreak in Dubai. AP Photo
    Men in masks and disposable gloves to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, walk through a traditional souq as many shops remain closed due to the outbreak in Dubai. AP Photo
  • An airport staff member wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) stands at entrance of the Kuwait International Airport, in Kuwait city, Kuwait. EPA
    An airport staff member wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) stands at entrance of the Kuwait International Airport, in Kuwait city, Kuwait. EPA
  • A volunteer from the Violet organisation disinfects a mosque in Syria's northwestern city of Idlib from coronavirus. AFP
    A volunteer from the Violet organisation disinfects a mosque in Syria's northwestern city of Idlib from coronavirus. AFP
  • An Iraqi child looks out through a window pane amid confinement due to the pandemic, in the southern city of Basra. AFP
    An Iraqi child looks out through a window pane amid confinement due to the pandemic, in the southern city of Basra. AFP
  • Caddebostan district and the surrounding gardens are seen empty on the third day of a four-day lockdown across Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
    Caddebostan district and the surrounding gardens are seen empty on the third day of a four-day lockdown across Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
  • Galata Bridge and Eminonu square are seen empty on the second day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and the third day of a four-day lockdown across Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
    Galata Bridge and Eminonu square are seen empty on the second day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and the third day of a four-day lockdown across Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images
  • An Iraqi boy looks out of his window at a neighbour sitting with a child on the porch, amid confinement in the southern city of Basra. AFP
    An Iraqi boy looks out of his window at a neighbour sitting with a child on the porch, amid confinement in the southern city of Basra. AFP
  • A police checkpoint at the area of the Cairo suburb of Maadi, during a night-time curfew. Reuters
    A police checkpoint at the area of the Cairo suburb of Maadi, during a night-time curfew. Reuters
  • A man wearing a protective face mask walks in a street in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    A man wearing a protective face mask walks in a street in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • A Kuwaiti passenger wearing a face mask arrives at Kuwait international airport, in Kuwait city, Kuwait. EPA
    A Kuwaiti passenger wearing a face mask arrives at Kuwait international airport, in Kuwait city, Kuwait. EPA
  • A Ministry of Health staff member conducts a random polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for thecoronavirus on a citizen at Imam Al-Hadi Zentrum in the Ouzai area south of Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    A Ministry of Health staff member conducts a random polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for thecoronavirus on a citizen at Imam Al-Hadi Zentrum in the Ouzai area south of Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

Coronavirus: UAE records 536 new cases and five deaths


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The UAE recorded 536 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the country's total to 10,349.

A further five people died after contracting the virus as the death toll increased to 76.

Officials confirmed 91 more people made full recoveries, pushing the number of people to have beaten the virus to 1,978.

The UAE carried out 35,000 tests as part of its extensive efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19.

More than one million tests have been conducted across the Emirates since the outbreak began.

On Saturday, Abdulrahman Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, said the UAE would continue its robust approach to testing to identify new cases as quickly as possible and prevent the spread of the virus.

“Increased Covid-19 testing helps us be proactive in identifying cases, particularly those who are asymptomatic,” he said.

“It is natural that the increase in screening is accompanied by an increase in the number of new cases.

“This is an indication that we are on the right path to reduce the spread of the virus.”

Dr Alawi Al Sheikh-Ali, spokesman for the Emirates Scientists Council, said the UAE was conducting dozens of studies to help understand the virus and how it spreads.

He said samples were taken from more than 240 local patients from a variety of age groups and during various stages of their recovery to understand how different strains of the virus determined their symptoms.

This information will help medics protect those most at risk, he said.

The global virus death toll passed 200,000 on Saturday night, with more than 50,000 of those deaths in the US.