A drive-through coronavirus testing facility in Abu Dhabi has conducted almost 3,000 tests since it opened this week. The centre, in Zayed Sports City, opened on Wednesday and has since tested 2,934 people for the virus by processing samples swabbed from their nose or throat.
The facility, managed by Abu Dhabi Health Services company, Seha, is open daily from 8am to 8pm and can test at least 600 people a day.
The centre was inaugurated and the process demonstrated by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, on 28 March, a few days before the facility opened to the public.
Following the centre’s success, it was announced that more drive-through testing facilities will open across the country to test people in a safe and quick way. Centres will be set up in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, Al Ain and Al Dhafra.
