Google data shows Covid-19 mobility trends in UAE, Saudi

  • Date: 06-Apr-2020
  • Source: Arabian Business
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:Middle East
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Google data shows Covid-19 mobility trends in UAE, Saudi

In the UAE, visits to restaurants, cafes, shopping centres, theme parks, museums, libraries and movie theaters have dropped 55 percent, and 54 percent in Saudi Arabia.. While visits to grocery markets, food warehouses, farmers markets, specialty food shops, drugs stores and pharmacies dropped 26 percent in the UAE and a close 24 percent in Saudi Arabia.. Mobility in work places dropped 45 percent in both the UAE and Saudi, while movement in places of residence in the Emirates increased by 26 percent in the UAE and 23 percent in the kingdom.. The reports will use "aggregated, anonymised" data from users who have activated their location history, but will not share "personally identifiable information" such as their location, contacts or movements..