VIDEO: Dubai’s JBR residents take to balconies to praise health workers fighting coronavirus

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Residents in Dubai’s JBR came out on their balconies to cheer for our first line of defence, our heroes who work tirelessly to combat Covid-19.

The hashtag #ThankYouHeroes has been trending ever since.

The Burj Khalifa lit up to support the #StayHome initiative.

The world’s tallest building through languages of the world, spreads the message: #StayHome for your safety.

The UAE has been vocal in the fight against the dreaded disease. The nation has been supplying medical necessities and evacuating people from different parts of the world.

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The UAE announced on Wednesday the detection of 85 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and the recovery of seven more individuals.

  The announcement was made by the Ministry of Health and Prevention during a regular press briefing on Wednesday, wherein Dr. Farida Al Hosani, the official spokesperson for the UAE health sector, highlighted the latest COVID-19 developments in the country and the measures taken by Emirati authorities to combat the spread of the pandemic.

The total number of confirmed cases in the country is 333.

Al Hosani stressed the importance of all UAE citizens and residents staying home unless absolutely necessary and adhering to all the precautionary measures advised by the relevant authorities.

"The detection of one infected case compels the authorities to conduct a necessary investigation among all those in contact with this one case in order to identify the source of the infection and its aftermath. In this we usually detect additional cases. It usually starts with a person coming from abroad who then transmits the virus to others around him or her," she explained.

"The recent precautionary measures announced are aimed at protecting society, with the law to be applied only to violators of the UAE law on communicable diseases, under which violators are subject to jail terms and fines," she warned.