Emirates in the time of the coronavirus: A country offering support to everybody

The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised the support offered by the United Arab Emirates to states strongly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
It especially
dwelt on UAE medical supplies to these countries, saying these supplies helped
thousands of health service workers in them do their jobs properly.
The UAE
support to these countries comes as restrictions continue to be placed on
travel and governments take measures to contain the pandemic.
UAE's
gift to humanity
The UAE
offered support to over 56 states, including 650 tons of different medical
supplies. These supplies aimed to assist health service workers better fight
the coronavirus. They amounted to a lifeline to countries hit hard by the
pandemic.
WHO Regional Director
for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, said the UAE had
provided his organization with four planes that helped it transfer supplies and
technical teams to affected countries.
Helping
hand
UAE charities are
racing against each other to be part of this national effort to help countries
affected by the coronavirus.
Zayed Foundation for
Charity and Humanitarian Works is one of these charities and organizations.
Foundation
Director-General, Hamad Salem bin Kardous al-Ameri, revealed that his
foundation had participated in the transfer of Arab nationals from Wuhan in
China.
He said when they
arrived in the UAE, these Arab nationals received comprehensive care under
supervision from specialized medical teams.
"The UAE
dedicates all its capabilities to carry out this human duty and offer support
to those in need," al-Ameri told the Emirati newspaper, al-Bayan.
"This is turning our country into a refuge for those who need
support."
Feel At Home
The Emirates Red
Crescent declared in May that it would sponsor the dependents of coronavirus
victims of all nationalities.
It said this would be
part of its "Feel At Home" initiative which bolsters the social
services offered by the organization.
The initiative supports
the dependents of coronavirus victims and mitigates the effects of this tragedy
on them. It provides these dependents with their basic needs to help them
overcome this difficulty.
Emirates Red Crescent
Secretary-General, Mohamed
Ateeq al-Falahi, said his organization would do its best to stand in solidarity
with the victims of the coronavirus.
"We will
do our best to help them get over the social, economic and psychological
effects of this experience," al-Falahi said.