UAE plans to expand coronavirus testing to cover all citizens and residents

A health worker takes samples from foreign workers to check for the novel coronavirus at a testing centre in the Al Quaz area of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on April 18, 2020. (AFP)

• The UAE health sector said the country has carried 25,795 tests
• The total number of coronavirus cases in the country has increased to 7,265

DUBAI: The UAE is planning to widen the scope of its continuous coronavirus testing to cover all citizens and residents across the country, an official said Monday. 

Farida Al Hosani, the official spokesperson for the UAE health sector, said the country has carried 25,795 tests and has recorded 484 new infections in the past 24 hours. 

This has raised the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 7,265. It also announced two more death cases, increasing the health toll to 43.