A four-month-old baby has been released from a hospital in Dubai after recovering from the coronavirus.
The Egyptian girl called Tara showed symptoms of Covid-19 in the third week of April and was rushed to the hospital after her older brother, 15, tested positive for the virus.
Both children had been coughing and had a slight fever, and were admitted to Al Zahra Hospital in Dubai.
"We were really worried as we knew she had to be placed in isolation," said the Tara's mother.
It was a frightening experience to have a child infected with Covid-19 but the hospital staff put us at ease and supported us
“I was allowed to stay with her and with my 3-year-old toddler at the hospital while she recovered.
“It was a frightening experience to have a child infected with Covid-19 but the hospital staff put us at ease and supported us.”
Both parents and the toddler were found to be free of the virus after doctors tested nasal swabs.
“The baby came in with mild symptoms and remained in stable condition throughout her stay in the hospital,” said Dr Yasser El Nakhlawi, a
paediatrician at the hospital.
"At the beginning of the outbreak, it seemed that the number of infected children was not high.
“However, we now see an increase in the number of little ones with Covid-19.
“At this point it is believed that children are at the same risk of acquiring the virus as adults, but luckily their symptoms are milder.”
The baby’s recovery comes after an 18-month-old Filipino boy in Abu Dhabi tested negative after fighting the virus.
The Philippines Embassy issued a statement earlier in May reporting the recovery of baby Zaine, who was born prematurely.
Although doctors and scientists are still learning about the coronavirus, fewer cases are reported in children as compared to the adult population.
Most children get the virus from close family members but exhibit symptoms milder than those experienced by adults or the elderly.
But in some rare cases children have developed more serious symptoms several weeks after becoming infected.
The World Health Organisation has called on doctors to look for an unusual inflammatory illness that could be connected to Covid-19.
Multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents reveals itself in a fever or rash that lasts for about three days followed by inflammation, low blood pressure and stomach problems.
It is not known if the syndrome also appears in adults who are infected with the virus.
American infectious disease epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove, who is working with the WHO, said it is too early to directly link the syndrome with coronavirus.
"In some children, they tested positive for Covid-19 but other children have not. So we do not yet know if this is associated with Covid-19."
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Results
First Test, Brisbane: Australia won by 10 wickets
Second Test, Adelaide: Australia won by 120 runs
Third Test, Perth: Australia won by an innings and 41 runs
Fourth Test: Melbourne: Drawn
Fifth Test: Australia won by an innings and 123 runs
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Although you can buy gold easily on the Dubai markets, the problem with buying physical bars, coins or jewellery is that you then have storage, security and insurance issues.
A far easier option is to invest in a low-cost exchange traded fund (ETF) that invests in the precious metal instead, for example, ETFS Physical Gold (PHAU) and iShares Physical Gold (SGLN) both track physical gold. The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF invests directly in mining companies.
Alternatively, BlackRock Gold & General seeks to achieve long-term capital growth primarily through an actively managed portfolio of gold mining, commodity and precious-metal related shares. Its largest portfolio holdings include gold miners Newcrest Mining, Barrick Gold Corp, Agnico Eagle Mines and the NewMont Goldcorp.
Brave investors could take on the added risk of buying individual gold mining stocks, many of which have performed wonderfully well lately.
London-listed Centamin is up more than 70 per cent in just three months, although in a sign of its volatility, it is down 5 per cent on two years ago. Trans-Siberian Gold, listed on London's alternative investment market (AIM) for small stocks, has seen its share price almost quadruple from 34p to 124p over the same period, but do not assume this kind of runaway growth can continue for long
However, buying individual equities like these is highly risky, as their share prices can crash just as quickly, which isn't what what you want from a supposedly safe haven.
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All Blacks line-up for third Test
J Barrett; I Dagg, A Lienert-Brown, N Laumape, J Savea; B Barrett, A Smith; J Moody, C Taylor, O Franks, B Retallick, S Whitelock, J Kaino, S Cane, K Read (capt).
Replacements: N Harris, W Crockett, C Faumuina, S Barrett, A Savea, TJ Perenara, A Cruden, M Fekitoa.
NINE WINLESS GAMES
Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace (Oct 27, PL)
Liverpool 5-5 Arsenal (Oct 30, EFL)
Arsenal 1-1 Wolves (Nov 02, PL)
Vitoria Guimaraes 1-1 Arsenal (Nov 6, Europa)
Leicester 2-0 Arsenal (Nov 9, PL)
Arsenal 2-2 Southampton (Nov 23, PL)
Arsenal 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt (Nov 28, Europa)
Norwich 2-2 Arsenal (Dec 01, PL)
Arsenal 1-2 Brighton (Dec 05, PL)
RESULT
Brazil 2 Croatia 0
Brazil: Neymar (69'), Firmino (90' 3)
UPI facts
More than 2.2 million Indian tourists arrived in UAE in 2023 More than 3.5 million Indians reside in UAE Indian tourists can make purchases in UAE using rupee accounts in India through QR-code-based UPI real-time payment systems Indian residents in UAE can use their non-resident NRO and NRE accounts held in Indian banks linked to a UAE mobile number for UPI transactions
