A guide to the new protocols and face masks

By Lauren Chalouhi

UAE COVID-19 restrictions are slowly easing. The UAE has made an announcement recently about multiple changes to covid protocols including face masks, close contact cases, restaurant and event capacities, traveler and quarantining, and many more.

Starting from February 26 masks will be mandatory in closed areas, but now optional to wear masks in outdoor areas. Social distancing still but be followed.

Restaurants can now return to pre-COVID-19 conditions. The Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management approved the decision. So, the mandatory minimum distance of at least one meter between tables is being removed.