UAE temporarily shuts beaches, pools, cinemas, gyms

The United Arab Emirates will temporarily close all public and private beaches and swimming pools, cinemas, public parks and gyms across the country for a renewable period of two weeks starting from Sunday March 22, as part of the country’s latest measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

The government also ordered limiting the seating capacity of restaurants and food and beverages outlets to 20 percent, as per the social distancing guidelines which dictates people maintain a distance of 2-meters from others.

The restaurants and outlets are required to implement sanitization measures and will be allowed to continue delivering orders.

The government also urged the public to exercise in the fresh air.