Travellers from 11 countries including the UAE will be allowed to enter Saudi Arabia again from today.
The decision, announced by the Saudi Ministry of Interior yesterday, ends a suspension of arrivals from the UAE, Germany, the US, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, the UK, Sweden, Switzerland, France and Japan.
People arriving from these countries will have to quarantine upon arrival.
The countries were among 20 nations from where travel was suspended in February to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The suspension also applied to travellers who transited any of these countries two weeks prior to seeking entry into the kingdom. Travel to Saudi Arabia from Afghanistan, Armenia, Belarus, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Iran, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Turkey, Venezuela and Yemen is not allowed.
Saudi passport authorities urged all travellers, including Gulf Co-operation Council citizens and new visa holders, to register proof of their vaccination electronically before their arrival, via the Muqeem vaccine registration page.
In the UAE, which has the highest vaccination rate in the world, health authorities in Abu Dhabi said yesterday that booster shots of the Sinopharm vaccine were now available on a walk-in basis in the emirate for people who had received their second dose at least six months earlier. The announcement by the Department of Health was made a day after authorities said the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine would also be made available on a walk-in basis at more than 100 vaccination centres in Abu Dhabi.
More than 78 per cent of the UAE’s eligible population has been vaccinated. The country has a vaccination rate of 127.8 doses for every 100 people.
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Key facilities
- Olympic-size swimming pool with a split bulkhead for multi-use configurations, including water polo and 50m/25m training lanes
- Premier League-standard football pitch
- 400m Olympic running track
- NBA-spec basketball court with auditorium
- 600-seat auditorium
- Spaces for historical and cultural exploration
- An elevated football field that doubles as a helipad
- Specialist robotics and science laboratories
- AR and VR-enabled learning centres
- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
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The UAE is stepping up its game when it comes to platforms for local farms to show off and sell their produce.
In Dubai, visit Emirati Farmers Souq at The Pointe every Saturday from 8am to 2pm, which has produce from Al Ammar Farm, Omar Al Katri Farm, Hikarivege Vegetables, Rashed Farms and Al Khaleej Honey Trading, among others.
In Sharjah, the Aljada residential community will launch a new outdoor farmers’ market every Friday starting this weekend. Manbat will be held from 3pm to 8pm, and will host 30 farmers, local home-grown entrepreneurs and food stalls from the teams behind Badia Farms; Emirates Hydroponics Farms; Modern Organic Farm; Revolution Real; Astraea Farms; and Al Khaleej Food.
In Abu Dhabi, order farm produce from Food Crowd, an online grocery platform that supplies fresh and organic ingredients directly from farms such as Emirates Bio Farm, TFC, Armela Farms and mother company Al Dahra.
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