(Bloomberg) — The United Arab Emirates has suspended an arrangement to inaugurate visa-free travel for Israelis to the Gulf state right up until July 1, citing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Israel’s Overseas Ministry explained.

Until then, Israeli citizens seeking to journey to the UAE will require to get a visa, as will UAE citizens seeking to journey to Israel, the ministry stated on Monday. The UAE has taken a identical phase relating to journey from most European nations, as properly as India and Pakistan, the Israeli ministry claimed.
Israel is in its third lockdown and talking about the likelihood of extending it outside of Jan. 21 as the number of new cases continues to be high.
The UAE ratified the agreement on visa-totally free journey with Israel last week and it was set to go into effect 30 days from then. The settlement follows a normalization accord among the nations signed in September.
The announcement of the suspension comes a working day following Israel’s cupboard voted to have to have all people returning from the UAE and Brazil to quarantine in federal government-run resorts. A comparable choice manufactured formerly concerning vacationers returning from South Africa and Zambia was prolonged for 10 days.
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