This is the highest since the pandemic hit the country in late January this year; a café was closed while 7 other commercial establishments were fined including a supermarket that held a sale event and allegedly failed to enforce social distancing.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The UAE today, Saturday, Sept. 12, registered its highest single-day detection of coronavirus infection since the pandemic hit the country in late January this year: 1,007 new cases.
This developed as a café was closed while seven other establishments were fined for not observing Covid-19 protocols. These included a branch of a department store, which held a discount sale a few days back and apparently failed to ensure social distancing.
Emirates News Agency, or WAM, the government’s official information outlet, said the new cases brought to 78,849 the total number of Covid-19 infections in the past eight months of which 68,983 patients have recovered, 399 have died and active cases stood at 9,467.
The UAE has been detecting high numbers of new Covid-19 cases in the past three consecutive days with 930 new Covid-19 cases were reported by the Ministry of Health and Preventon (MOHAP) on Sept. 10 and another 931 the following day.
There were 883 new Covid-19 cases reported on Sept. 9.
Over 95,000 additional COVID-19 tests among UAE citizens and residents over the past few days, according to MOHAP.
Meantime, authorities closed a café and fined 7 commercial establishments, including a department store, which held a discount sale event and apparently failed to enforce social distancing among customers. The store was closed and fined Dh50,000, according to local media reports.
WAM also reported that Dubai Economy, a government agency overseeing business activities across the city, has shut down a café in Karama in co-operation with Dubai Municipality and Dubai Tourism after the outlet was found to have ignored physical distancing guidelines issued as a precautionary measure against COVID-19.
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