Volunteers says they are proud to play their part in tackling the pandemic and driving down cases.
A team of medics, volunteers and police officers in central Abu Dhabi during a nighttime testing drive. Farha Sameer Baker, right, is head of operations at Tamouh Health Care. All photos by Victor Besa / The National
Abu Dhabi's government has run door-to-door testing since May 2020. The intention is to identify and isolate cases and drive down community transmissions.
Maram Herzallah conducts a test on a resident in the corridor outside her home.
About 15,000 people a day are tested by the team across Abu Dhabi city and Al Ain.
Medics work with the police given that they often have to close streets for periods of time.
Nurse Maram Herzallah has her PPE gear checked by a colleague before starting her shift for the night.
Screening staff are volunteers but most work in the emergency services or in hospitals by day.
Staff must work diligently to process thousands of samples. People receive their results on the government's Al Hosn tracing app.
Police work with medics to perform door-to-door testing on an Abu Dhabi street.
The crew is 100 per cent mobile and carries all the equipment they need to test thousands of people each night.
The nature of their work means changing their PPE gear frequently.
Medics sort through Emirates IDs, which are needed to store data and deliver results.
A group of residents are tested inside one of the crew's screening vans. Volunteers avoid going into people's homes as a precaution.
Staff at a dry cleaners receive a nasal swab test.
A police officer stores samples in a cool box until they can be processed.
A shop worker is tested by a medic.
The volunteers cover several areas of the city each week.
Volunteers says they are proud to play their part in tackling the pandemic and driving down cases.
A team of medics, volunteers and police officers in central Abu Dhabi during a nighttime testing drive. Farha Sameer Baker, right, is head of operations at Tamouh Health Care. All photos by Victor Besa / The National
Abu Dhabi's government has run door-to-door testing since May 2020. The intention is to identify and isolate cases and drive down community transmissions.
Maram Herzallah conducts a test on a resident in the corridor outside her home.
About 15,000 people a day are tested by the team across Abu Dhabi city and Al Ain.
Medics work with the police given that they often have to close streets for periods of time.
Nurse Maram Herzallah has her PPE gear checked by a colleague before starting her shift for the night.
Screening staff are volunteers but most work in the emergency services or in hospitals by day.
Staff must work diligently to process thousands of samples. People receive their results on the government's Al Hosn tracing app.
Police work with medics to perform door-to-door testing on an Abu Dhabi street.
The crew is 100 per cent mobile and carries all the equipment they need to test thousands of people each night.
The nature of their work means changing their PPE gear frequently.
Medics sort through Emirates IDs, which are needed to store data and deliver results.
A group of residents are tested inside one of the crew's screening vans. Volunteers avoid going into people's homes as a precaution.
Staff at a dry cleaners receive a nasal swab test.
A police officer stores samples in a cool box until they can be processed.
A shop worker is tested by a medic.
The volunteers cover several areas of the city each week.
Volunteers says they are proud to play their part in tackling the pandemic and driving down cases.
