Colonel Salem bin Barak Al Dhaheri, Deputy Director of the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at the Central Operations Sector in the Abu Dhabi Police, said that 12 security 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 prohibit the movement of individuals between The three cities of the Emirate: Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Al Dhafra, as well as to and from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which entered into force at 12 midnight yesterday.
He said that the prohibition of movement between the cities of the emirate is limited to prohibiting 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 o'clock in the evening until six o'clock 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 commit to not moving and settling in one city, during the week of the mobility ban, especially since the staff time in the current period is not applied at 100%.
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 virus is a deliberate and organized process, and in a time race to control it by examining people and investigating the injured and isolation, with the aim of eliminating On the virus in all places.
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 pestilent until further notice, confirming that the necessary tests continue until the number of cases is zero.