COVID-19 PANDEMIC: WILL DUBAI FOLLOW BAHRAINS LEAD AND GO INTO LOCKDOWN?

Published: January 28th 2021

Bahrain's has moved into a strict lockdown and has closed down all eat-in restaurants and cafes, as well as moved all schools into remote learning for the next 3 weeks!

The decision was passed due to the total positive cases in Bahrain moving into 100,000 positive COVID-19 cases in total. This lockdown has been put to place from Sunday onwards, due to the Ministry of Health declaring a new variant of the Coronavirus, but there is no word for which one.

With this drastic announcement in Bahrain pertaining to a COVID-19 lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will Dubai be seeing a likely lockdown too?



The UAE has seen a stark rise of postive COVID19 cases of upto 3000 a day. The last time the country witnessed this kind of surge in cases, the UAE went under a strict curfew and lockdown.  Dubai has already placed updates on the COVID-19 rules in the city, where entertainment in restaurants and hotels as well as non essential surgeries have been suspended. 

Will the UAE be seeing another lockdown in the near future? Keep your eyes peeled on this space for more information.