DUBAI- Abu Dhabi crown prince Mohamed Bin Zayed tweeted on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates would take part in a virtual G20 summit on the coronavirus to take place later on Thursday chaired by King Salman of Saudi Arabia.

Saying the UAE would participate in a "spirit of global solidarity", the crown prince added: "We face an unprecedented challenge in COVID-19, and the people of the world anticipate this meeting to result in effective international measures."

(Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli, Editing by William Maclean) ((Alaa.Swilam@thomsonreuters.com;))