Dubai: Everyone is obliged to wear face mask except these categories

Dubai Government Media Office:

Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management announces a set of guidelines on the use of face masks outside the house and in public areas for different age groups. The new guidelines are based on the recommendations of the COVID-19 Command and Control Centre.

The following categories have been exempted:
-Children under the age of 6
-People of determination with cognitive, intellectual or sensory disorders that hamper ability to breathe or communicate
-Individuals who require supplemental oxygen or have severe respiratory conditions.

Public can remove face masks temporarily in the following conditions:
-Driving alone or with family’s members.
-Eating or drinking in indoor and outdoor settings.

-Engaging in strenuous exercise
-Being alone
-Swimming or skydiving
-Undergoing specific medical treatments