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The UAE has introduced hefty new fines for people who break Covid-19 regulations brought in to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The updated list included a new focus on deception offences, including fines for cheating or providing incorrect information to evade quarantine or precautionary measures.
Here, The National explains, in full, the list of Covid-19 violations and resulting fines when rules are broken.
1. Refusing to be admitted to hospital while suffering from Covid-19 or neglecting to take the prescribed medicine
Fine: Dh50,000 ($13,612)
2. Failing to adhere to home quarantine
Fine: Dh50,000
3. Avoiding quarantine, providing incorrect information about travel, recruiting workers from abroad and not disclosing their arrival
Fine: Dh20,000
4. Violating procedures under the e-tracking system
Fine: Dh10,000 for not registering the device or carrying it with you or not informing the call centre within 24 hours of the e-tracker being damaged or lost
Fine: Dh1,000 for losing or damaging the device
Fine: Dh20,000 for hacking into the device to change the data
5. Not complying with guidelines related to opening and closing of facilities
Fine: Dh50,000 for shopping malls
Fine: Dh30,000 for other facilities
Fine: Dh5,000 for not displaying posters with details showing staff have complete vaccination or PCR testing requirements
6. Failing to report workers who test positive to health authorities
Fine: Dh20,000
7. Breaking rules on smaller gatherings
Fine: Dh10,000 for organisers
Fine: Dh5,000 for attendees
8. Breaking rules on size of social events such as weddings and funerals
Fine: Dh50,000 for organisers
Fine: Dh15,000 for attendees
9. Breaking rules on social distancing at gatherings
Fine: Dh10,000 for organisers
10. Violating regulations determining number of people who can reside in one dwelling
Fine: Dh20,000 for the owner of the dwelling or person responsible
11. Not complying with precautionary measures for entering the country
Fine: Dh5,000
12. Exceeding the number of non-related passengers allowed in one vehicle
Fine: Dh3,000 for the driver
13. Not wearing a mask
Fine: Dh500 in workplace or shared housing
Fine: Dh3,000 at all other times in public
14. Exceeding the number of people allowed to gather socially in open areas
Fine: Dh3,000 on each person
15. Refusing to undergo a PCR test when required or misusing the right to get tested
Fine: Dh5,000
Fine: Dh1,000 when undergoing test without need or request
16. Travelling outside of curfew hours without permission
Fine: Dh3,000
17. Conducting private classes in person, in public or private, whether paid for or free
Fine: Dh30,000 for organiser
Fine: Dh20,000 for person responsible for location of class
18. Changing or creating information in messages and results about Covid-19 tests
Fine: Dh10,000, doubled if it is not first instance
19. Not complying when stopped by officials on Covid-19 related issues
Fine: Dh10,000
20. Promoting or publishing misinformation about pandemic related matters, or encouraging people not to comply with measures
Fine: Dh20,000
21. Neglecting or ignoring duties assigned to you related to stopping the spread of Covid-19
Fine: Dh20,000
Citizens and residents in the UAE have been urged by the Attorney General Office to abide by the law and follow the precautionary measures and decisions issued by relevant authorities to protect their health and safety.
