Dubai will continue with its 24-hour mandatory stay-home order for another week, the government said on Friday. The system that requires residents to apply for a police permit to leave home for essential shopping will remain in effect. The process was brought in two weeks ago to help tackle a rising number of Covid-19 cases. On Thursday, police tightened the system to ensure residents <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/uae/government/coronavirus-dubai-permits-for-supermarket-visits-to-be-issued-once-every-three-days-1.1006864">could only leave home once every three days</a>. Last week, a senior police chief thanked residents for complying with the order - <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/uae/government/coronavirus-dubai-police-to-share-pictures-of-reckless-residents-breaching-stay-home-laws-1.1003327">but voiced frustration at a "reckless" handful</a> of people who tried to get around travel restrictions. A statement by Dubai's Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management reiterated that members of the public were allowed to go out for: Earlier, the government announced that <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/uae/government/uae-pledges-to-look-after-families-of-all-residents-to-die-of-covid-19-1.1007367">families who had lost a loved one to Covid-19</a> would be provided for by a UAE government-linked charity. Emirates Red Crescent was chosen to be patron of families of "all nationalities" who have lost a relative. Dr Mohammed Al Falahi, secretary-general of ERC, said it would "provide everything that these families need... to overcome the ordeal of losing a loved one", state news agency Wam reported. Thirty-seven UAE residents had lost their lives to the virus as of Saturday, April 18. <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/uae/health/coronavirus-tributes-paid-to-british-dad-who-died-after-contracting-covid-19-1.1007009">Among them was Nigel Beaton</a>, who died in a government hospital in Dubai last week. The British events company manager was the first UAE fatality to be publicly-identified. He left behind his wife, Karen and two young daughters, three-year-old Fia and Isla, 6. "He was an incredible man with a heart of gold," long-time friend Daz Jamieson told <em>The National.</em>