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Passengers wearing masks due to the coronavirus pandemic wait at ticketing for flights at Dubai International Airport s Terminal 3 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
India has asked its nationals not to travel to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait via the UAE and get stranded in this country, in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the region. In a statement posted on Twitter on Monday, the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi said: It has been brought to the attention of the Embassy of Indian in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General of India, Dubai that several Indian nationals intending to travel to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have got stranded in the UAE.
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Tourists on a yacht as they pass a traditional dhow serving a dinner cruise, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Britain on Tuesday banned all direct flights between Britain and the United Arab Emirates, as well as the entry of all non-citizens who have been to the UAE. Returning citizens will be subjected to severe quarantine measures.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the UAE has been added to the government’s “red list” along with Burundi and Rwanda from 1.00 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Friday.
According to Reuters, due to travel disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the route was the world’s busiest in January, serving as a key hub between east and west.
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The United Arab Emirates has expressed its frustration with Israel after a top health official blamed a sharp rise in coronavirus cases on Israelis returning from Dubai, according to Hebrew media reports.
Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office apologized for Sharon Alroy-Preis’ comments after being contacted by Emirati officials, the reports by the Walla and Ynet news sites say.
Alroy-Preis, head of the Health Ministry’s public health department, is said to have told hospital chiefs that “In two weeks of peace [with the UAE] more people died than in 70 years of war.” Israel and the UAE were never at war, and Channel 13 notes her comment may have been made half-jokingly. The network said that from the beginning of December, 906 Israelis who returned from the UAE were diagnosed with coronavirus, leading to a total of 4,050 cases, including many cases of the more infectious UK variant.
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A member of an Israeli tech delegation uses his phone in a video call during an evening meeting with Emirati counterparts, in Dubai on October 25, 2020. (Karim SAHIB / AFP)
The United Arab Emirates has expressed its frustration with Israel after a top health official blamed a sharp rise in coronavirus cases on Israelis returning from vacations in Dubai, according to Hebrew media reports.
Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office apologized for the comments by Sharon Alroy-Preis after being contacted by Emirati officials, the reports by the Walla and Ynet news sites said Thursday.
Alroy-Preis, head of the Health Ministry’s public health department, was said to have told hospital chiefs earlier this week that “in two weeks of peace [with the UAE] more people died than in 70 years of war.”