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UAE Reports 1,146 New COVID-19 Cases

FILE PHOTO: Travellers wear masks as they arrive at the Dubai International Airport, after the UAE's Ministry of Health and Community Prevention confirmed the country's first case of coronavirus, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike
FILE PHOTO: Travellers wear masks as they arrive at the Dubai International Airport, after the UAE's Ministry of Health and Community Prevention confirmed the country's first case of coronavirus, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike
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UAE Reports 1,146 New COVID-19 Cases

FILE PHOTO: Travellers wear masks as they arrive at the Dubai International Airport, after the UAE's Ministry of Health and Community Prevention confirmed the country's first case of coronavirus, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike
FILE PHOTO: Travellers wear masks as they arrive at the Dubai International Airport, after the UAE's Ministry of Health and Community Prevention confirmed the country's first case of coronavirus, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Christopher Pike

The UAE's Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, said it carried out over 85,643 additional COVID-19 tests in the country over the last 24 hours.

The Ministry said in a statement that the intense testing drive uncovered 1,146 new cases of various nationalities, who are all in a stable condition and receiving the necessary medical treatment.

The new infections took the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 143,289.

MoHAP also announced one COVID-19-related death, taking the country's death toll to 515, state news agency WAM reported.

It also announced the recovery of an additional 668 individuals from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 138,959.

The Ministry called on the public to cooperate with health authorities and adhere to social distancing protocols and preventative measures to ensure the health and safety of all.

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Qatar Urges Israel, Hamas to Seize ‘Window of Opportunity’ for Gaza Truce

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Gaza City on June 28, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Gaza City on June 28, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
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Qatar Urges Israel, Hamas to Seize ‘Window of Opportunity’ for Gaza Truce

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Gaza City on June 28, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Gaza City on June 28, 2025, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Gaza mediators are engaging with Israel and Hamas to build on momentum from this week’s ceasefire with Iran and work towards a truce in the Palestinian territory, Qatar foreign ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said.

In an interview with AFP on Friday, Ansari said Doha -- with fellow Gaza mediators in Washington and Cairo -- was now “trying to use the momentum that was created by the ceasefire between Iran and Israel to restart the talks over Gaza.”

“If we don’t utilize this window of opportunity and this momentum, it’s an opportunity lost amongst many in the near past. We don’t want to see that again,” the spokesman, who is also an adviser to Qatar’s prime minister, said.

US President Donald Trump voiced optimism on Friday about a new ceasefire in Gaza saying an agreement involving Israel and Hamas could come as early as next week.

Mediators have been engaged in months of back-and-forth negotiations with the warring parties aimed at ending 20 months of war in Gaza, with Ansari explaining there were no current talks between the sides but that Qatar was “heavily involved in talking to every side separately.”

A two-month truce, which was agreed as Trump came into office in January, collapsed in March with Israel intensifying military operations in Gaza afterwards.

“We have seen US pressure and what it can accomplish,” Ansari said referring to the January truce which saw dozens of hostages held by Hamas released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

The Qatari official said particularly in the context of US enforcement of the Israel-Iran truce, it was “not a far-fetched idea” that pressure from Washington would achieve a fresh truce in Gaza.

“We are working with them very, very closely to make sure that the right pressure is applied from the international community as a whole, especially from the US, to see both parties at the negotiating table,” Ansari said.