The Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Airports Paul Griffiths has said that he is hoping that many countries would end their rules for vaccinated passengers. 

“I do expect across the world, the testing regime for travel will start to disappear pretty quickly and we’re hopeful that there will be an announcement over the next few weeks from many different places,” Griffiths said.

There are projections that Dubai airport will handle more than 57 million passengers this year, up from 29.1 million in 2021, but much lower than the 86.4 million passengers handled in 2019, the year before the influenza pandemic.

Griffiths said bookings for the next three months were among the strongest the airport had ever seen and “the outlook for the future now is particularly good.”

According to the report of The Filipino Times, in the last three years, Dubai Police abolished 218 flats and arrested 2,025 individuals. 

As the police launched an awareness campaign on unlicensed massage centers, the enforces aimed to combat illegal activities in cities that can cause harm to its residents and citizens. The Dubai Economic and Tourism encouraged to call the department on 800545555, if anyone is wishing to seek of services. 

Among those who were arrested are those who are distributing cards in the street. 

The authorities will provide uninsured and low-income expats with affordable medicines in the UAE.

It has been reported that the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies and Axios have recently signed an appendix to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand the scope of the Hand in Hand initiative, which intends to provide uninsured and low-income expats with affordable medicines.

In December 2018, the MoU was signed and about 712 patients were eligible for the programme, which was extended in April to provide the patients with new medications.

According to the report of the National, the Ministry of Interior of United Arab Emirates (MOIUAE) uploaded a video in Twitter showing a rescuer trying to save the little girl from the narrow well. 

The little girl was brought to a nearby medical facility immediately. The emergency medical worker take care of the girl after was rescued from the well. 

“I thank the Civil Defence Centre in Dibba Al Fujairah and the work team for the quick response,” Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior said.

The girl and her parents were also visited by Sheikh Saif at the hospital.

Image credit: Khaleej Times

For hurling racist slurs at a security guard in Al Nahda, a 45-year-old Arab woman was sentenced to six months in prison.

According to the report of the Filipino Times,  the woman made anti-religious remarks against the guard. The woman insulted the religion and uttered racist language against the victim.  The suspect approached the guard on-duty and asked him to break down the door of a room while he was having his morning prayers. The guard denied the request of the lady. After a few minutes, the suspect pushed and hit the guard in the head. 

She confessed to her crime and was referred to public prosecution.

UAE residents can expect cloudy weather with an increase in temperatures during 

the coming days, according to forecasters.

The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) reported that Sunday would be humid with an

increase of temperature in general. 

Although, the residents can expect cloudy weather during the coming days with an increase in temperature as well. 

Weekdays forecast

Monday- Overcome coastal and Northern areas will experience dusty and partly cloudy weather in general with a decrease in temperature. 

Tuesday- Low clouds will appear over some mountainous areas. It would be partly cloudy in general and the country will experience light rains with decrease in temperature. 

Wednesday- Humid with a chance of fog is expected on this day with fair to partly cloudy with an increase in temperatures. 

Thursday-  Fog and mist formation by morning over the coastal and fair to partly cloudy with another increase in temperature.

 Storms tore across Europe on Friday and Saturday, leading to at least a dozen deaths and leaving tens of thousands without power across the continent.

“Several deaths were reported in Germany, the Netherlands, Britain and Ireland due to three cyclones, named Zeynap, Dudley and Eunice,” German news agency (dpa) reported.

Thousands of homes were left without power in Britain, where Storm Eunice brought strong winds, heavy rainfall and caused millions of pounds worth of damage. Three people died.

Strong winds are also forecast in Britain for the coming days and are expected to disrupt travel, power supplies and recovery efforts.

Four people died in the Netherlands due to the storm, with three hit by falling trees and the fourth killed in a car accident.

At least three people died in Germany due to storm Zeynep. The fire brigade was called out thousands of times nationwide due to trees that were blown over, damage to buildings and objects flying around in the winds.

Insurers in Germany estimated the damage at more than €900 million ($1 billion).

There were numerous interruptions to rail travel nationwide, with delays on some lines expected to last until Monday.

Four people in Poland died in the storm, while at least one more was injured. The Polish fire brigade was called out to around 13,000 incidents overnight due to Zeynep, according to a spokesperson.

Numerous trees blocked roads and roofs were blown off. A large sheet of metal was torn from the National Museum in Szczecin. Tens of thousands of households were left without electricity, especially in the Western Pomerania region.

In the Czech Republic, around 26,000 households were left without electricity and Prague’s city administration called on people not to venture into parks or forests for the time being.