Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management announces round-the-clock sterilisation in #Dubai&enforce strict restrictions on movement across the city;legal action to be taken against violators. The measure is effective from 8PM today for 2 weeks subject to renewal

Union cooperative outlets, supermarkets, pharmacies and food and medicine deliveries allowed to operate normally throughout the day.

Extensive medical tests to be conducted across densely populated areas in the emirate to ensure members of community are not affected by COVID-19

Individuals will not be allowed to leave the house, except for essential purposes or if they are working in vital sectors exempted from the restrictions. These measures have been put in place to ensure people undertake trips outside the home in a planned and organised way.

Members of the public are allowed to go out for:
- Essential needs such as buying food from (Union Cooperative stores, supermarkets&groceries); only one family member is permitted to leave the house for this purpose.

Members of the public are allowed to go out for:
-Buying medicines / getting medical assistance from healthcare service providers like hospitals, clinics and pharmacies
-COVID-19 tests

Employees in the following vital sectors permitted to leave the house at any time to go to work:
-Healthcare services
-Food supply outlets
-Delivery services (Food and medicine)
-Restaurants (home deliveries only)
-Manufacturers of medicines and providers of medical supplies
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-Vital industries
-Supply chain for services&basic commodities
-Water&electricity sector, petrol,gas stations&district cooling services
-Telecommunications sector
-Media sector
-Airports,airlines,ports,shipping
-Customs duty&border crossings
Public&private security services
2/4

-Municipality services&public&private service providers involved in garbage collection, sewage management and sanitation
-Private&government sector organisations involved in combating (COVID-19)
-Public transport (buses&taxis only; metro and tram service will be suspended)
3/4

- Construction sector, subject to obtaining a permit from Dubai Municipality and the Permanent Committee for Labour Affairs. 4/4