Public transportation, including buses and the metro, will grind to a halt starting tonight till Sunday to make way for the “National Disinfection Programme,” which entails a complete sterilization of all public utilities during the weekend.
This was announced early today by the Emirates News Agency (ENA) citing the Ministry of Health Prevention (MoHAP) and the Ministry of Interior (MoI) which will be spearheading this in collaboration with relevant federal and local authorities.
The activity will begin tonight at 8pm and ends at 6am on Sunday, March 29, 2020.
During this period, the movement of the traffic and the public will be restricted, while public transpiration and metro services will be halted.
MoHAP urged the public to stay at home during the disinfection time and not to go out unless it’s absolutely necessary to get essential supplies, such as food and medicine, or working in vital sectors, including energy, telcommunications, health, education, security, law enforcement, military, postal service, shipping and logistics, medicines, water, food, civil aviation, airports, passports, banking & financial services, government media and the service sectors, including petrol stations and construction. The workers’ personal or work identity will be checked and verified.
Pharmacies, and food retail outlets in the UAE, including cooperative societies, grocery stores, and supermarkets, will be allowed to operate 24 hours, as per a circular issued earlier by the Ministry of Health and Prevention and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, NCEMA.
The two ministries also called upon the community members to follow instructions during the sanitation time for their safety and in compliance with the precautionary measures taken by the UAE contain the coronavirus.
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