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UAE could be best-prepared nation for post-corona era: Minister
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 10 - 06 - 2020

The United Arab Emirates has the potential to be the most prepared nation for the post-COVID1-9 era, thanks to its proactive vision whereupon the key elements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, (4IR) are being utilized toward achieving the UAE Centennial 2071 goals, said Sarah Bint Yousif Al-Amiri, minister of state for advanced sciences.
The minister's made the remarks here on Tuesday while chairing the 4th meeting of the UAE Council for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The meeting discussed the proactive initiatives for the post-COVID-19 era and means to tap advanced technologies in government work, state news agency WAM said.
The meeting, which was attended by Omar Bin Sultan Al-Olama, minister of state for artificial intelligence, and other Council members, also tackled the latest updates and the milestones of the initiatives adopted to harness advanced technology for improving government performance.
"The UAE Council for the Fourth Industrial Revolution fully supports the government's effort to overcome the challenges caused by COVID-19 in a way that will reinforce UAE's readiness for the future through adopting the 4IR technologies and harnessing technological innovation to drive
The meeting also discussed the epidemiological investigation system that has been completed in 78 government facilities, and 33 private sector facilities in addition to 10 preventive medicine centers, nine isolation buildings, and one clinic run by the Ministry of Interior .
The UAE has rolled out new tech-centric measures to fight coronavirus, including the chatBot service, Virtual Doctor for COVID-19, that residents can use to assess whether their symptoms could indicate they have the novel coronavirus.
Additionally, the Ministry of Health and Prevention has introduced the TraceCovid app that detects other devices with the app installed and shares proximity data to track potential strains of infection and alert individuals if they've come into contact with someone with the virus. — Agencies


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