Dubai Police launch free service
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.