Sunday 5 April 2020

COVID-19 24 hour restrictions: Dubai movement permit launched for vital sectors

The Supreme Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management in Dubai confirmed that residents who work in vital exempted sectors must app...

The Supreme Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management in Dubai confirmed that residents who work in vital exempted sectors must apply for a movement permit. Dubai Media Office announced the new permit facility on Sunday.

Here’s a list of these sectors, members of which are exempted from restrictions 24 hours a day:

- Healthcare services (Hospitals, clinics and pharmacies)
Food supply outlets (Union Cooperative outlets, supermarkets, groceries)

- Delivery services (Food and medicine)

- Restaurants (operations limited to home deliveries only)

- Manufacturers of medicines and providers of healthcare and medical supplies

- Industrial sector (only vital industries)

- Industrial supply chain for services and basic commodities- Water and electricity sector, petrol and gas stations and district cooling services

- Telecommunications sector

- Media sector

- Airports, airlines, ports, shipping

- Customs duty and border crossings
Public and private security services

- Municipality services and public and private service providers involved in garbage collection, sewage management and general cleaning and sanitation

- Private and government sector organisations involved in combating the coronavirus (COVID-19).

- Public transport (buses and taxis only; metro and tram services will be suspended)

- Construction sector, subject to obtaining a permit from Dubai Municipality and the Permanent Committee for Labour Affairs.

Residents who work in these vital sectors are exempt from the movement restriction in place and can apply for a movement permit online or call 800PERMIT hotline (800 737648) for doubts. Permit website link:
https://dxbpermit.gov.ae/

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