Dubai malls open, but residents reluctant to shop
The government of Dubai has eased some pandemic restrictions for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Dubai residents are now allowed to move about freely as of April 25 between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., according to a directive from Dubai's Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management.
The committee announced that the directive, “which coincides with the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan, allows increased freedom of movement while ensuring the continuation of strict precautionary and preventive measures.”
The committee has a new set of guidelines on movement and a list of exempted commercial activities and vital sectors. The change comes after nearly four weeks of one of the most stringent policies to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus that included a city-wide disinfection campaign and a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., during which residents needed government-issued permits to leave their houses.
Then followed a 24-hour curfew for Dubai, but not Abu Dhabi or the rest of the United Arab Emirates.
