UAE issues decision on residency visas, fines
The UAE Cabinet issued a number of amendments to the decisions issued recently in the identity and citizenship sector.
All decisions related to the residency of expatriates, visas, entry permits and ID cards are stopped with effect from July 11, while the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) has been assigned to start collecting the fees due for providing the services from July 12.
A grace period of one month is granted, effective from the date of entering the country, to the Emiratis, GCC citizens and residents (who spent less than six months outside the country) for renewal of the documents.
A grace period of three months is granted to Emiratis, GCC citizens and residents in the country for renewal of their documents.
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) announced on Friday that it conducted over 47,000 additional COVID-19 tests, using stateof-the-art medical testing equipment.
As part of its intensified testing campaign, MoHAP detected 473 new coronavirus cases. MOHAP also announced the death of two patients. MOHAP also noted an additional 399 individuals had fully recovered from COVID-19.
India reported a record 26,506 new coronavirus cases on Friday as authorities re-imposed lockdowns in its most populous state and in an industrial hub, home to automakers, drug factories and brewers.
The new cases pushed India’s tally to nearly 800,000 cases, the world’s third-biggest outbreak, behind only the United States and Brazil in confirmed infections. There have been more than 21,000 deaths in India since the first case
was detected there in January, federal health ministry data showed.
Renowned scientist and Prime Minister’s Task Force on Science and Technology chief Dr Ataur Rahman has said the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) needs to take emergency measures regarding approval of conducting clinical trials of an internationally recognised vaccine for COVID-19 in Pakistan.
“The application for conducting clinical trials of this vaccine produced by a well acclaimed international company was submited to DRAP for approval. The clinical trials of that vaccine have been done internationally,” he said.
“We are in contact with several international companies for vaccine production ater which one of the major international companies agreed to conduct clinical trials of their vaccination in pakistan .”
The traditional British summer getaway to sun-soaked Mediterranean beaches picked up steam Friday as UK quarantine restrictions were removed from dozens of countries, including France, Greece and Italy.
As of Friday, anyone arriving back to England, Wales and Northern Ireland — resident or non-resident — from around 75 countries and territories won’t have to self-isolate for 14 days.
Those arriving from higher-risk countries will still have to self-quarantine for 14 days but many popular destinations are now exempt, meaning millions of Britons are able to take summer holidays without having to stay at home when they return.
Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez became the latest world leader to test positive for the coronavirus, as the United States notched yet another record-breaking surge of cases while global infections and fatalities continued their relentless rise.
The US notched up half that figure in just one day on Thursday, with 65,551 new cases recorded by Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University — a new high.
Australia will halve the number of citizens allowed to return home from overseas each week, Prime Minister Scot Morrison said on Friday, as authorities struggle to contain a COVID-19 outbreak in the country’s second most populous city.
Australia will now impose a cap of 4,175 people allowed to return each week and those returning will also have to pay for a mandatory 14-day quarantine in a hotel, which until now had been paid for by state governments.
Neighbouring New Zealand also introduced measures this week to limit the number of citizens returning home, seeking to reduce the burden on its overflowing quarantine facilities.
Kazakhstan on Friday denied a claim by China’s embassy that a pneumonia outbreak more deadly than the novel coronavirus is rampaging through the Central Asian country. In an alert for Chinese citizens posted on the embassy’s website Thursday, Beijing warned of a disease with “a mortality rate far higher than COVID-19.”
UAE reports 473 cases and two deaths; India sees more lockdowns as cases near 800,000; Britain quarantine rules end for many destinations; UK opts out of EU COVID-19 vaccine scheme; Australia, NZ limit returning citizens.