Abu Dhabi’s ongoing National Screening Programme continues to provide free swab tests for residential neighborhoods, with many Filipino nurses and professionals in the frontlines to help aid residents be aware of their status and safety against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Among these Filipino frontliners is Red Cloud Capuyan, an Abu Dhabi-based nurse who has been working in the country for the past five years. He is among the nurses who visit homes to conduct free COVID-19 tests for Abu Dhabi residents, particularly the vulnerable sectors.
“We started the home visit swabbing mission last June 15, 2020, in Abu Dhabi as part of the government’s campaign to fight off COVID 19. Areas covered are Baniyas, Shakhbout and currently in Shamkhah. Thru our home visits, residents are offered free COVID-19 tests to ensure that communities have access to screening,” said Capuyan.
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To date, the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi has recorded conducting 200,000 tests across 15 neighborhoods during the first month alone in their aim to ease the burden of having to visit testing centers especially for the elderly, and other citizens and residents in need of the test but are unable to leave their homes.
“I am proud to say that I am part of this team in leading the home swabbing mission. As a Filipino and cordilleran nurse in this country. It is both a privilege and a responsibility to serve this beautiful country, its people and our fellow expats as we build a healthy community for everyone,” said Capuyan.
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Capuyan urges fellow Filipinos to break the chain of transmission by getting themselves tested if and when their area is covered by the free residential COVID-19 swab tests.
“The most effective way to prevent COVID-19 infection is breaking the chain of transmission. For us to do that, we must undergo a swabbing test. We encourage all our fellow Filipinos to take this opportunity by submitting yourself through a swab test. We cannot stop this pandemic if we do not know who is infected. Let us give our full support to the UAE government as we eliminate this virus. We are all in this together and we can only succeed together,” said Capuyan.
