UAE to strengthen strategic stockpile - prime minister

The United Arab Emirates' cabinet approved strengthening the country's "strategic stockpile" on Sunday in response to the coronavirus outbreak, the vice president and prime minister tweeted after a cabinet meeting, without specifying what goods.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is also the ruler of regional tourism and business hub Dubai, said authorities had also directed factories to support the needs of the country's health sector.

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