Dubai: As part of its efforts to ensure compliance with COVID-19 precautionary measures, Dubai Police issued 10,745 violations in the jurisdiction area of Bur Dubai Police Station from last November 2020 until May 2021. 

The violators failed to adhere to the announced safety and precautionary measures against COVID-19, including wearing facemasks in public and private transportation, ensuring social distancing between passengers in the vehicles, as well as limiting the number of allowed people's in a vehicle to half of the capacity. 

According to the director of Bur Dubai Police Station, Brigadier Abdullah Khadem Al Sorour, these violations were issued while monitoring three designated areas in Bur Dubai, where 24,900 people and 96,885 vehicles went under a thorough inspection to ensure their adherence to the new coronavirus precautionary measures. 

Brig. bin Sorour stressed that all violators are subjected to be fined as per the UAE Attorney General has issued resolution No. (38) of 2020 following Cabinet Decision No. 17 of 2020 regarding the implementation of regulations for spreading communicable diseases.

The Director of Bur Dubai Police Station calls members of the public to comply with the precautionary measures to protect themselves and others, indicating that any violation will not be tolerated.