Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The UAE announced on Monday the easing of a series of restrictions related to the Corona virus, starting Wednesday, September 28, 2022.
The official spokesperson for the National Authority for the management of emergencies, crises and disasters, Dr. Saif Al Dhaheri, said during a briefing to the UAE government on the developments of the Corona virus, that the daily statistics on the developments of Covid-19 will be interrupted, as a consequence of the decrease and stability of the number of cases.
As for the use of masks, it is still mandatory in medical facilities, mosques and public transport, as well as in food service providers and in suspected and injured cases.
While “wearing a mask has become optional for all facilities and other open and closed places,” according to Al Dhaheri, including educational facilities.
It was also decided to cancel the separator of distance between the faithful. In addition to reducing the period of isolation of the injured to five days, whether the isolation is home or institutional.
And airlines can specify optional or mandatory masks on board planes. At a time when the requirements for the exams departing from vaccinated and unvaccinated are linked to the destination to go to, as for those arriving in the country, for the vaccinated and the unvaccinated, the current protocol applied unvaccinated is still in force .
Dr. Saif Al Dhaheri said that “as regards the green traffic system, it has been updated with the obligation to carry out a periodic visit every month for vaccinated and exempt from the obligation to vaccinate, and the obligation to carry out a periodic visit. every seven days for those who have not received the vaccination “.
Al Dhaheri stressed that the green traffic system is still a mandatory condition for the entry of employees and visitors to the workplaces of federal authorities, as well as linking the green traffic system to workers in the tourism and economic sector.
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