The Daily Update - February 18, 2021

On today's update, we have the UAE’s latest coronavirus figures, news that Abu Dhabi government-run vaccine centres are limiting appointments to weekdays and new measures in the UAE stating that Covid-19 patients who do not report to authorities will be handed a prison sentence and Dh50,000 fine. Bahrain becomes the first Gulf nation to adopt Covid-19 vaccine passports, the Boeing 737 Max is set to return to UAE skies after regulators lifted a safety ban and hundreds of boys have been kidnapped from a school by gunmen in Nigeria.