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UK bans travel from UAE

The United Kingdom's decision follows historic highs in daily COVID-19 cases in the United Arab Emirates.

Mask-clad employees of Air Arabia wait to assist passengers board the first flight to Sharjah after the resumption of air travel between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, at Qatar's Hamad International Airport on January 18, 2021. - The first direct flights since 2017 between Qatar and its former rivals Egypt and the UAE took to the skies on January 18, following the end of a regional crisis. The first commercial flight from Qatar to Egypt in three and a half years, an EgyptAir service to Cairo, took off
Mask-clad employees of Air Arabia wait to assist passengers board the first flight to Sharjah after the resumption of air travel between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, at Qatar's Hamad International Airport on Jan. 18, 2021. — KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images

The United Kingdom banned entry from the United Arab Emirates on Friday as coronavirus cases rise significantly in the Gulf state.

The decision means travelers cannot enter the United Kingdom from the Emirates. UK and Irish citizens and UK residents are exempt, but must quarantine for 10 days. There is also now a ban on direct passenger flights from the Emirates, the BBC reported on Friday.

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