Brigadier Salem bin Barak Al Dhaheri, Deputy Director of Traffic and Patrols at the Central Operations Sector in the Abu Dhabi Police, stated that 12 sorting points have been established at the entrances and exits of cities belonging to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, in support of the national survey project to overcome the "Corona" virus, and implement the decision to ban the movement of individuals between cities The three emirates of Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Al Dhafra, as well as to and from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which enters into force at 12 midnight.
Al-Dhaheri said that the travel ban between the cities of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is limited to preventing movement from one city to another only. As for moving between the interior regions of the same city, it is permitted taking into account the commitment to the national sterilization program according to the scheduled dates from ten in the evening until six in the morning. .
He stressed that there are no exceptions in the application of the travel ban, pointing out that the Crisis and Emergency Management issued this decision to limit the spread of the Corona virus, and everyone must bear it for the benefit of society and cooperate in implementing it for a week.
He stressed that Abu Dhabi Police will be firm in implementing the decision to ban mobility, calling on individuals who work in one city and reside in another city, to adhere to not move and settle in one city, during the week of the mobility ban, especially since the staff time in the current period is not applied by one hundred percent .
For his part, Undersecretary of the Abu Dhabi Health Department, Dr. Jamal Al Kaabi, explained that the move to prohibit movement came to ensure the national survey process for those infected with Corona virus, pointing out that facing the new Corona virus is a deliberate and organized process, and in a time race to control the virus, by examining people and investigating the infected and isolating , With the aim of eliminating the virus everywhere.
He said that there are field teams that go to conduct the examination in areas with high density, and to detect the infected cases, where we deal with the virus as a disease until further notice, confirming the continuation of the necessary checks until the number of cases of infection is zero
The Committee for the Management of Emergencies, Crises and Disasters resulting from the Corona pandemic in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi announced with the Abu Dhabi Police and the Department of Health-Abu Dhabi a ban on movement to and from the emirate and between its cities (Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra) as of Tuesday, June 2 for a week
The prohibition includes all citizens of the emirate who are citizens and residents, and employees with vital permission and chronic disease owners are exempted to review hospitals and the movement of necessary goods transport, while residents of the emirate cities are allowed to move within their city during times of the national sterilization program
This comes to enhance the effectiveness of the national survey campaign and to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus, and to complete a series of preventive and precautionary measures to reduce contact and maintain the health and safety of community members.
For its part, the Ministry of Interior provided the service of obtaining a federal movement permit to enable individuals to move during the period of national sterilization, as it gives them two options, the first being to obtain a permit within the emirate and the second to move through the various emirates.