Saturday morning, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) took to Twitter to announce the confirmation of two new of nCoV-positive cases in the country, the patients have been stated to be of Chinese and Filipino nationality and are currently under observation.

The two patients that were discovered through the periodic screening being conducted in compliance with the standards of the World Health Organization (WHO), for people with symptoms of the virus are being provided with all the necessary medical attention by the health care facilities in the country.

With the confirmation of the latest cases, the total number of positively diagnosed coronavirus cases in the UAE has mounted up to seven since the emergence of the virus.

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‘The two new cases were  monitored through continuous periodic examination according to the standards of WHO’

أعلنت #وزارة_الصحة_ووقاية_المجتمع_الإمارات اليوم عن تشخيص ‌حالتين جديدتين تم رصدهما من خلال الفحص الدوري المستمر وفق معايير منظمة الصحة العالمية للمصابين بأعراض فيروس كورونا المستجد، وبذلك يكون إجمالي عدد الحالات المكتشفة في الدولة سبع حالات منذ ظهور الفيروس#فيروس_كورونا pic.twitter.com/CDMTKCGeDI

— وزارة الصحة ووقاية المجتمع – MOHAP UAE (@mohapuae) February 8, 2020

The UAE government is taking all precautionary and preventive measures to ensure the safety and security of the UAE’s citizens and residents.