UAE: May records the lowest number of Covid-19 cases this year
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A robust vaccination and screening drive across the country has kept the cases in check.
The month of May has seen the lowest number of new Covid-19 cases in the UAE.
The caseload and the average daily mortality rate have been steadily declining since the start of the year.
Medical experts attribute this bending of the curve to the robust vaccination and screening drives held across the country.
An approximate data on the Covid-19 cases will show the surge and drop in numbers: December (38,900), January (95,700), February (87,900), March (69,900), April (58,700) and May (50,500). The average daily mortality rate is as follows: January (5.6), February (13.2), March (8.7), April (3) and May (3).
UAE: Unvaccinated Covid patients more likely to develop severe complications
SM Ayaz Zakir/Abu Dhabi Filed on May 10, 2021 | Last updated on May 10, 2021 at 10.48 am
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Vaccinated patients have a big edge in Covid fight, say experts.
Covid-19 vaccines are 93 per cent effective in preventing hospitalization and 95 per cent effective in ICU admission among Covid patients, an Abu Dhabi study has revealed.
Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre said a drop in Covid-19 infections was seen by patients receiving the second dose of vaccines.
“Evidence has shown that the authorized Covid-19 vaccines are both efficacious and effective against symptomatic, laboratory-confirmed Covid-19, including severe forms of the disease,” said Dr Jyoti Upadhyay, Internal Medicine, Aster Hospital, Mankhool. “They also reduce infection and potential transmission of the virus.”