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المادة 1
Article (1) Definitions In applying the provisions of this Resolution, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings assigned thereto, unless the context indicates otherwise: State : United Arab Emirates. Ministry : Ministry of Health and Prevention. Minister : Minister of Health and Prevention Health Authority : Any Health or any federal or local government authority competent with health affairs in the State. The Authority : National Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Management Authority. Health Information : Any data, new or information relevant to human health in the State. Health Guidelines : a description of methods, works and procedures that should be used as guidelines to combat communicable and epidemic diseases, the ones that relate to protection of individuals’ health or public health in the community. Communicable Disease: A contagious disease occurring due to a transfer of a pathogenic factor, its poisonous products or secretions either directly or indirectly to another one and cause a disease to that other one. Epidemic : A health emergency represented in the appearance of cases of a communicable disease spreading among a group of people at a designated geographical area within a specific period of time and creates a concern at the national scale.
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Cabinet Resolution of 2020 Regarding the Publishing and Exchange of Health Information about Communicable Diseases and Epidemics and Incorrect Information Relevant to Human Health 3
