Dubai toughens rules for restaurants, limits social events, as cases hit new record

Dubai toughens rules for restaurants, limits social events, as cases hit new record

As coronavirus cases rose to yet another new daily record Dubai moved to tighten rules with a raft of new restrictions imposed by the Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management.

The new rules increase the separation distance between tables at restaurants and cafes from two metres to three metres, and reduce the number of people allowed to sit at one table from 10 to seven at restaurants and to four at cafes. It was unclear how soon that rule will come into force.

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And the new rules also limit attendance of weddings, social events, and private parties to first-degree relatives totaling a maximum of 10 people only, whether at a hotel or at home. This will be effective from Wednesday, 27 January, the committee tweeted.

The rules followed latest coronavirus figures from the Ministry of Health that saw cases rise to a new daily record of 3,552, with 10 people dying due to complications.



This tightening of restrictions follows a move on Thursday to ban hotels and restaurants from staging live entertainment such as DJs, singers or musicians.

Reacting to the requirement to increase the distance between tables, and reducing