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The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced on Thursday that it conducted 114,483 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the Ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus …

Dubai government human resources: The Prophet’s birthday holiday for Dubai government entities will be on Thursday, October 29, 2020. Official working hours to resume on Sunday, November 1.

Twitter is temporarily changing how you retweet ahead of the November 3rd US presidential election, to help prevent abuse and the spread of misinformation. Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to retweet. But until at least the end of election week, it won’t be quite as easy as usual to …

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will launch Bus Route (F81), a new metro link service. It will also open a dedicated bus lane on Al Khan & Mamzar links for Route (E303) to lift commuters between Dubai and Sharjah and introduce other route improvements on the same date. “The …

A senior official at the General Authority of Civil Aviation, GACA, has said that during the month of October, aircrafts flying over UAE airspace averaged around 1,000 planes a day, an increase of more than 200% in comparison with the volume of air traffic last April. Director-General of GACA Saif …

Abu Dhabi Police warn against dumping face masks and gloves on the roads and public facilities after use, as it carries high risk on public health and environment. The violation of throwing trash from the car incurs a fine of AED 1000 and 6 traffic points.

More than 41.04 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,127,177​ have died, according to a Reuters tally published on Thursday. With 221,073 deaths and around 8.3 million confirmed cases, the United States tops the list of twenty countries with the highest recorded …

Public Prosecution explains the risks of carrying cold weapons by publishing a story and lesson.Story: The police were informed of a young man admitted to the hospital with a stab wound to the left chest in the heart following a fight. The police immediately moved to the hospital, where the …

In a sign of steadily increasing commitment among commercial establishments to protecting public health and safety, inspections held by Dubai Economy yesterday showed 750 businesses fully complied with the precautionary measures against COVID-19. No fines were issued yesterday for any violation of the precautionary guidelines. Field inspectors from the Commercial …

Zoran Lakovic, Director of National Associations at Union of European Football Associations, UEFA, visited Dubai Sports Council to discuss mutual cooperation and ways to enhance efforts to develop football in the country and region. Saeed Hareb, Secretary-General of Dubai Sports Council, received Lakovic in presence of Nasser Aman Al Rahma, …