UAE’S ADNOC offers support to medical staff amid coronavirus pandemic

The state-owned oil company will also provide complimentary hot drinks to all medical professionals at their convenience stores, Oasis. (WAM)

• ADNOC will also provide complimentary hot drinks to all medical professionals
• The company aims to recognize the efforts of healthcare professions

DUBAI: UAE oil giant ADNOC collaborated with UAE’s health authorities to support all national emergency response ambulances refueling at their stations, state news agency WAM reported.
The state-owned oil company will also provide complimentary hot drinks to all medical professionals at their convenience stores, Oasis, on presentation of a valid work ID.
The company aims to recognize the efforts of healthcare professions during the country’s fight against the novel COVID-19.
Meanwhile, researchers at Khalifa University’s Healthcare Engineering Innovation Centre, HEIC, are working on emergency ventilators in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
They have developed a working prototype and are now engineering the production plant to produce the ventilators at scale to meet rising local and global demands.
The UAE has reported 2,359 infections, 12 deaths and 186 recoveries.