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Abu Dhabi, Mar 10: The ministry of health and prevention (Mohap), on Tuesday March 9, announced that the UAE is set to open its seven Covid field hospitals this month.

The new hospitals will have a total of 2,058 beds, of which 292 will be dedicated to critical cases.

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“Equipped with the latest medical technologies, the hospitals will be able to provide exceptional treatment to isolated Covid patients,” the ministry said during the weekly press briefing on Tuesday.

The country has witnessed a gradual decrease in infection rates over the past two weeks, as mass testing continues and with vaccination in full swing across the Emirates, officials added.

So far, the UAE has carried out 32 million Covid tests since the onset of the pandemic, and over six million doses of the vaccine have already been administered which implies that more than 3.7 million residents have been vaccinated, making up 48.71 percent of the targeted group. About 65 percent of the elderly are now protected with jabs, Mohap said.