Laboratory tests confirm 167 quarantined contacts free of COVID-19

Abu Dhabi, 29 February 2020 – The Higher Organising Committee notifies the following statement from the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi:

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH-AD), affirmed that laboratory tests conducted for 167 cases of quarantined contacts of two cases of Coronavirus, COVID-19, announced on Thursday, have returned negative.

In a statement the DoH-AD said, “It is still monitoring the condition of the remaining cases of contacts, whom lab test findings will be available within the next few hours”.