The Dubai authorities has lately launched a brand new public well being regulation, mandating that each traveller arriving within the Emirate should observe particular well being protocols to stop the unfold of communicable ailments.
The brand new regulation, introduced by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, goals to advertise public well being, illness prevention, and environmental security throughout the emirate.
Legislation No (5) of 2025 establishes a complete framework to safeguard the group by enhancing well being requirements, bettering meals and product security, and selling sustainable practices to spice up the standard of life, based on the Dubai Media Workplace (DMO).
The regulation mandates a variety of precautionary and evidence-based practices in step with each native and worldwide well being rules.
It introduces strict obligations for travellers, people, and healthcare suppliers, whereas additionally clarifying the roles of presidency entities in safeguarding well being and the setting.
Below the brand new regulation, all travellers coming into Dubai should present correct well being data upon arrival at Dubai’s entry factors. They need to additionally report any suspected or confirmed communicable ailments to the authorities.
Travellers contaminated with or suspected of getting a communicable illness ought to keep away from contact with others. They need to chorus from travelling or shifting, besides to healthcare services, with out the approval of the Dubai Well being Authority.
The regulation additionally makes it punishable to hide infections or unfold them, whether or not deliberately or unintentionally. People should observe tips issued by the related authorities and healthcare suppliers.
If contaminated, people should observe hygiene practices, corresponding to carrying face masks and sustaining bodily distancing.
This regulation overrides any earlier laws that will battle with its provisions and can come into impact 90 days after its publication within the Official Gazette.
