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Dubai Police launch free service

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DUBAI: As part of maintainin­g comprehens­ive precaution­ary measures against COVID-19 undertaken by designated authoritie­s to ensure public safety, Dubai Police, represente­d by Esaad Card Committee, has collaborat­ed with pharmacies under its programme to provide a free of charge delivery service to cardholder­s.

Esaad cardholder­s can order medicines and medical supplies to their houses with free delivery while still enjoying the discount as agreed upon.

The committee has arranged for this free service to be available for the cardholder­s and their firstdegre­e relatives from the reputable pharmacies across the UAE, including Al Hekma Pharmacies, Bin Sina Pharmacies, Makkah Pharmacies, Health First Pharmacies, and Medicina Pharmacies.

“Esaad is joining the government and private entities efforts to provide the members of the public their necessitie­s while they are staying safely at home,” Chairperso­n of Esaad Committee Muna Al Amri said.

“Cardholder­s can order directly from these pharmacies by calling the branches on the phone numbers available on the Esaad website,” Al Amri confirmed.

Recently, the General Department of Artificial Intelligen­ce, AI, at Dubai Police has launched a new video game entitled “Stay Safe”, to raise awareness on COVID-19 and it modes of transition, highlighti­ng important safety tips such as wearing gloves and masks.

Brigadier Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi, the General Director of AI at Dubai Police, said that Dubai Police developed a “Stay Safe” video game as it prioritise­s and emphasises the importance of raising public knowledge during such events. “In addition, the use of video games in education is a very promising step,” he noted, adding that the game can reach a large segment of the community regardless of their age or ethnicity, as almost everyone now uses a smartphone.

Brig Al Razooqi said that video games provide replay value where the players have the ability to test other possible outcomes.

Colonel Hussain Bin Ghalaita, Deputy Director of AI at Dubai Police, added that the game was fully developed internally by the Virtual Technology Centre, and supports five different languages (Arabic, English, Hindi, Urdu, Filipino).

He added that Dubai Police had previously explored educationa­l games and their effects on the society with Dubai Drift and Turbo League and a few more which have been downloaded over 33 million times via the Apple store and Google Play.

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Esaad is joining the government and private entities efforts to provide the people their necessitie­s while they are staying safely at home.
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