UAE: Road map to easing Covid-19 restrictions

UAE: Road map to easing Covid-19 restrictions

As countries around the world gradually relax Covid-19 related rules, the UAE has announced the cancellation of coronavirus restrictions on attendance capacity for activities and events in all economic and tourist facilities, shopping malls and transportation modes, to operate at full capacity by mid-February. The easing of restrictions has come as a result of the decline in the number of daily detected infections in the UAE which point to an improvement in the overall epidemiological situation. The daily Covid-19 figures have declined markedly in recent weeks — from an 11-month high of 3,116 infections on January 15 to 1,474 on Friday. The authorities have hailed the public as the cornerstone of the recovery from the pandemic. The UAE’s massive investments in health care, rapid response from health authorities and high levels of testing and vaccination have been instrumental in dealing with coronavirus. Overall, Omicron appears to be causing less severe disease than the previous Covid variants and governments around the world are taking cautious steps towards reopening national economies. Bahrain has announced easing of Covid-19 curbs by opening all activities and business sectors for vaccinated and unvaccinated people from February 15. In Europe, the UK is lifting almost all remaining