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    Visitors take photos from At The Top, Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Reem Mohammed / The National
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    Staff of Hafiz Mustafa in facemasks at their shop in The Dubai Mall. Reem Mohammed / The National
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    Babki sanitises the railing at the Ice Rink in The Dubai Mall. Reem Mohammed / The National
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    Signs requiring people to social distance at Dubai Mall’s Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. Reem Mohammed / The National
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    Skating shoes are sanitised at the Ice Rink in Dubai Mall. Reem Mohammed / The National
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    A staff with the parrots at Dubai Mall’s Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. Reem Mohammed / The National
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    A staff holds a thermometer at Dubai Mall’s Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. Reem Mohammed / The National
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    Signs requiring people to social distance at Dubai Mall’s Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. Reem Mohammed / The National
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    A woman skates at Dubai Mall’s Ice Rink. Reem Mohammed /The National
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    Signs requiring people to social distance at Dubai Mall’s Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. Reem Mohammed / The National
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    General view the safety rules at Times Square Centre in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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    Green planet biologist Sara Stevens with an Umbrella Cockatoo at The Green Planet. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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    Green planet biologist Peter Njoroge holds a Blue tongued skink. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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    The Green Planet has opened with Covid-19 measures in place. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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    A person wearing protective face mask during the hot and humid weather in Al Satwa area in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
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    Dubai’s skyline seen from At The Top, Burj Khalifa. Reem Mohammed / The National

UAE records 1,538 new Covid-19 cases as daily infections fall


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The UAE reported 1,538 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the lowest daily total recorded this year.

Infections have fallen for three days in a row.

Four patients died during during the 24-hour reporting period and 2,457 people were declared free of the virus.

Authorities have recorded 862,514 cases, 791,318 recoveries and 2,273 deaths to date.

The number of active cases dropped to 68,923.

The latest infections were detected as a result of an additional 477,945 PCR tests.

More than 129.5 million tests have been conducted in the Emirates to date.

The number of tests per day has regularly exceeded 400,000 this year and has sometimes topped half a million.

Mass testing and widespread vaccination remain central to the UAE’s pandemic recovery strategy.

On Tuesday, Abu Dhabi paved the way for members of the public to receive a fourth dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Sinopharm vaccine, the shots most commonly administered in the UAE.

Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre said people who had taken up to three doses of either of these vaccines, or a combination of the two could receive an additional dose after a gap of six months.

More than 23.7 million vaccine doses have been administered to the public since the start of inoculation in December 2020.

About 95 per cent of the UAE public is now fully immunised against Covid-19.

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if you go

The flights

Etihad, Emirates and Singapore Airlines fly direct from the UAE to Singapore from Dh2,265 return including taxes. The flight takes about 7 hours.

The hotel

Rooms at the M Social Singapore cost from SG $179 (Dh488) per night including taxes.

The tour

Makan Makan Walking group tours costs from SG $90 (Dh245) per person for about three hours. Tailor-made tours can be arranged. For details go to www.woknstroll.com.sg

Updated: February 09, 2022, 10:55 AM