UAE authorities have suspended the issuance of new visas for nationals from Ebola-hit countries - Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan - as an "additional precautionary measure".

Dubai Police on Saturday alerted residents about an uptick in holiday home scam after a man lost AED 8,000 to fraudsters while attempting to rent a chalet.

Dubai Humanitarian has airlifted 20 metric tonnes of critical medical supplies to support efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.