Posted: Tue, Oct 2022, 16:57
Date of last update: Tuesday, October 17, 2022:
The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention on Tuesday reported 321 cases of Covid-19 coronavirus, including 296 recoveries and no deaths.
The total number of assets is 18,613.
The new instances were detected in another 115,467 tests.
The total number of cases in the UAE as of 10 October is 1,031,500, while the total number of recoveries is 1,010,541. The death toll now stands at 2,346.
Passengers and cruise ship crew entering Abu Dhabi are exempt from presenting a green pass on the Al Hosn app to attractions and tourist establishments, the local authority said.
“According to the directives of the relevant authorities issued in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, passengers and equipment arriving at Abu Dhabi cruise ships are now exempt from green pass protocols for entering tourist attractions and establishments,” Abu Dhabi’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism said. (CSD – Abu Dhabi) said.
Instead of the app, cards or wristbands issued through cruise ships can be used.
“Cruise cards or cruise wristbands issued through cruise ships will serve as identity for passengers and crew, allowing them to enter tourism institutions that must show a green pass on the Al Hosn app. “
The circular was distributed to general managers of hotel and tourist establishments, event organizers and owners of premises, museums, cultural and recreational sites.
Recently, the government has relaxed several precautionary measures opposed to Covid-19, adding the extension of the validity of the green pass to 30 days, making the mask optional in most public places and reducing the isolation era to five days.
Meanwhile, Shanghai and other major Chinese cities, in addition to Shenzhen and Xian, stepped up covid-19 testing, as infections spiked after a week-long holiday, and some schools, entertainment venues and local government tourist sites ended.
Infections rose this week to their highest point since August, and the spike came after domestic travel spiked on National Day Golden Week earlier this month.
Authorities reported 2,089 new local infections by Oct. 10, since Aug. 20.
While peak cases have been discovered in tourist destinations, adding scenic spots in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, megacities that are a source of wealthy and traveled tourists began reporting more cases this week.
China’s monetary capital, Shanghai, a city of 25 million people, reported 28 new local instances by Oct. 10, the fourth day of double-digit increases.
Shanghai, keen to avoid the resumption of lockdowns in April and May, said Monday that all 16 of its districts will have to conduct regime tests at least twice a week, until Nov. 10. This is a step forward all at once. a week, a regime imposed after the previous shutdown was lifted.