Dubai has launched a free mobile COVID-19 testing service that will screen the elderly and people of determination at their homes.
Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services’ ‘Mobile Laboratory Unit’ (MLU) are repurposed ambulances fitted with an auto-sterilisation unit, thermal scanners, and safe storage cabins for collected samples.
It’ll play a key role in reducing pressure on hospitals amidst the COVID-19 crisis and help protect people at high risk.
Khalifa bin Dray, Executive Director of Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services, added that they also integrate the results into a national statistics pool that allow entities to track those who've been in contact with active cases.
The Laboratory Mobile Unit by @Dubai_Ambulance offers COVID-19 home testing, specifically for the elderly and people of determination.https://t.co/E0txWKE3ms#Dubai pic.twitter.com/1bNJFdHsop
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) April 24, 2020
It’s part of efforts by the Dubai government to boost COVID-19 screening in the emirate.
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