UAE government denies imminent Covid-19 lockdown

The UAE government’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) took to Twitter on Saturday to deny reports of an imminent Covid-19 lockdown within the country.

In a tweet, the ministry displayed the screenshot of a message that appeared to be from the MoI sent out on September 25, claiming that the government had decided to lockdown the country and urging everyone to self-quarantine.

The MoI categorically denied this post as “false news” and urged the public not to circulate rumours or to rely on news shared by fake accounts.

#إشاعة#FalseNews pic.twitter.com/Jev7zdRQOP

— MOIUAE (@moiuae) September 26, 2020

It instead urged them to rely on public sources of information alone.

Last week, the Abu Dhabi Emergency Crisis and Disasters Committee for the Covid-19 pandemic also took to Twitter to quash rumours regarding changes in the rules surrounding entry to the Abu Dhabi.

Read: Abu Dhabi denies reports of changes to rules surrounding entry into the emirate

On Saturday, September 26, the UAE reported 1,078 new Covid-19 cases, its second highest daily increase in infections.

Read: Covid-19 update: UAE reports 1,078 cases, second highest daily rise since the outbreak

The health ministry also confirmed 857 recoveries and two Covid-19 fatalities.

The total number of registered cases have now reached 90,618, which include 79,676 recoveries and 411 deaths.