Published: Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 1:56 PM
Last updated: Tue, 30 August 2022, 14:00
The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Tuesday reported 512 cases of Covid-19 coronavirus, including 536 recoveries and no deaths.
The total number of assets is 18,818.
The new instances were detected in another 346,725 tests.
The total number of cases in the UAE as of August 30 is 1,014,899, while the total number of recoveries is 993,740. The death toll now stands at 2,341.
Starting next week, Americans will no longer be able to apply for single COVID-19 tests at home on an online page created by the U. S. government. In the U. S. , due to a limited supply due to a lack of investment from Congress.
The website COVIDTests. gov, set the record increase in cases of the Omicron variant, helped American families get tested for covid-19 for free.
In January, President Joe Biden pledged to provide a billion loose tests to Americans, adding $500 million through the website. However, orders through the program will be suspended on September 2.
The explanation for this is that “Congress has provided the Covid-19 investment we want to fill the country’s testing inventory,” a senior management official said.
The government will no longer accept orders through this program to make sure safe testing is still done in the fall, should infections build up, the official said.
“We have already distributed more than six hundred million tests through this program, and the family has had the opportunity to place 3 orders, for a total of 16 tests,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told a news conference.
Alternative tactics for obtaining in-home testing will be maintained, the official said, adding that they will be reimbursed through personal health insurance, Medicare or Medicaid, which together cover more than 92 percent of Americans.
The government will continue to distribute loose tests directly to long-term care facilities, schools, child care and early learning centers, network fitness centers, and food banks. The government will also continue to distribute loose tests at around 15,000 sites in pharmacies and libraries.
“If Congress provides funding, we will temporarily resume the distribution of loose tests COVIDTests. gov,” the official said.
Meanwhile, the senior director of the global fitness organization in the western Pacific, Dr. Takeshi Kasai, was fired indefinitely from the workplace, according to internal correspondence received through The Associated Press.
Kasai’s firing comes months after a Palestinian Authority investigation found that dozens of workers accused him of racist, abusive and unethical habits that undermined the UN agency’s efforts to prevent the coronavirus pandemic in Asia.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Western Pacific staff in an email friday that Kasai was “on leave” without elaborating. Tedros said Deputy Director-General Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab would arrive in Manila, WHO’s regional headquarters, on Tuesday for business continuity. “Two senior WHO officials who asked not to be known because they were not allowed to speak to the press said Kasai took extended administrative leave after internal investigators corroborated some of the court cases of misconduct.
In a statement, the WHO said it was unclear how long Kasai would be out. The U. N. fitness firm said the investigation into him was ongoing and was the first time a regional director had been relieved of his duties. Kasai did not respond to requests for comment, but in the past denied racist language or acting unprofessionally.