Girl thanks Sharjah Police for their services
SHARJAH: A child thanked the first line of defence for their efforts to protect society and limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Sharjah Police shared a video of the child handing out roses to police personnel.
The UAE has recorded a total number of 13,038 cases so far with a death toll of 111.
The total number of people that have recovered has reached 2,543.
The UAE has been working relentlessly in curtailing the spread of the novel virus.
A National Sterilisation Programme has been going on for a month and the police are working at the frontline to make sure residents abide by the rules.
Recently, the Sharjah Police launched a package for the medical staff and employees of the health sector in the Emirate.
The package is made up of a hotline for the medical staff to carry out all traffic transactions provided by the Ministry of Interior website.
The hotline has been allocated to the employees via email, this in addition to the Whatsapp service which has been provided to the Sharjah Medical District in advance.
Separately, according to a press release issued by Government of Dubai Media Office on Thursday, the Command and Control Centre at Dubai Police responded to 553,406 phone calls during the National Sterilisation Programme from March 26 to April 28, WAM reported.
Colonel Turki Bin Faris, Director of the said the Centre, said Dubai’s 999 emergency number received 432,477 calls while its 901 non-emergency number received 120,960 calls.
The majority of these phone calls were enquiries related to precautionary and preventive measures put in place by Dubai and the movement permit required during the National Sterilisation Programme, he revealed.
The Command and Control Centre received a record 52,000 phone calls in a single day immediately after the launch of the movement permit system. The exceptional efforts of the staff of the Centre enabled it to respond efficiently to the large number of calls, Bin
Faris said.
The Director of the Command and Control Centre said callers could be grouped under two main types. The first constituted employees in the public and private sectors.
Key questions they asked were related to commuting to work, getting a movement permit, the number of passengers allowed in a car and requirements to wear masks and gloves.