Dubai Police Commander-in-Chief, Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri, confirmed that all concerned agencies in the emirate are operating at full capacity around the clock, in coordination with the Ministry of Health, and through various medical work teams of the Dubai Health Authority, in order to confirm The highest levels of protection for all members of society, by applying all precautionary measures to prevent the emerging corona virus (Covid 19), especially in different travel outlets.
With regard to travelers through the air and sea ports in Dubai, Al-Marri stressed that all necessary measures have been taken to facilitate and accelerate the pace of completing all of their preventive health measures, while ensuring the highest levels of comfort, in order to preserve their safety and the safety of all other travelers, and that does not affect On the dates of their trips through those ports.
He explained that all travel outlets have been provided with thermal scanning devices to discover any instances of high temperatures for any traveler, adding that all who will enter these ports, whether transit travelers who resume their trips to other destinations, or from those coming to the state, will be subject to examination with these devices, to ensure They are free of fever or any increase in the temperature of their bodies. Al-Marri said that special medical measures are taken with travelers from countries affected by the virus, and those that pose a threat, which does not apply to transit travelers.
Additional measures will include taking surveys from these travelers for the purpose of laboratory tests, in addition to filling out a questionnaire for the traveler to collect health information related to it, as travelers to the UAE and those coming from those destinations in particular must take into account that these procedures take two to three additional hours to Time of their trips.
After completing the checks and ensuring that travelers coming from these countries are free of the virus, they will be able to resume their trips and enter the country’s territory through those outlets naturally, and it remains possible to contact any of these travelers by the health authorities in case there is a need to complete some procedures Medical, which includes the necessity to go to one of the health units, or the commitment to self-isolation until a further notice. Al-Marri stressed that the Crisis and Disaster team works closely and around the clock to coordinate with all concerned authorities in the Emirate of Dubai, and to coordinate closely with those in the transport and aviation sectors in order to monitor developments in the global situation with regard to the spread of the new Corona virus, to ensure an immediate response to any developments According to international best practices and standards.