DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The
UAE warned Monday that people must follow its
anti-COVID measures including wearing masks indoors or face heavy fines, after
cases more than doubled in a week.
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The
Gulf state also
urged people who test positive to comply with isolation rules, adding that
hospitalization rates were rising.
Daily recorded
cases climbed to 1,356 on Tuesday from 572 a week earlier, still well short of
the peak of 3,116 recorded in January. The UAE says 100 percent of its 10
million population is vaccinated.
“A lack of
commitment to isolating was noted among a small group of people infected with
COVID-19, which threatens the safety of the community and causes the spread of
the virus,” Taher Al Ameri, spokesperson of the
National Emergency Crisis and
Disasters Management Authority, said Monday.
The validity of a “green”
or healthy pass on the government contact-tracing app was reduced from 30 days
to 14 days after a negative PCR test.
Al Ameri warned of
fines up to 3,000 dirhams ($816) for not wearing masks in closed areas.
Cases have also
been rising in other Gulf countries, including Kuwait.
In Saudi Arabia,
which peaked at 5,000 in January, cases breached 1,000 a day last week from
just 99 on May 1.
However, Saudi
Arabia on Monday scrapped mandatory face masks in most public places, weeks
before it is due to welcome 850,000 visitors for the hajj pilgrimage in July.
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