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Dubai reopens gyms, restaurants after months of closure

Dubai, like many cities around the world, is trying to find a "new normal" as businesses reopen with restrictions.
A woman wears a protective face mask as she sits with her friend in a coffee shop during the reopening of malls, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah - RC2SXG92QGHW

Dubai residents can now move about freely from 6 a.m. until 11 p.m., according to a May 25 tweet by the Dubai Media Office. Gyms, restaurants and salons are reopening around the city.

“We were very happy to hear the news after three months of closure,” Nuno Costa, co-owner of Crank Fit gym, told Al-Monitor.

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