HIGHLIGHTS

Brigadier Saif Muhair Al Mazroui, Director of Traffic Department and a senior member of the Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disasters Management in Dubai, said, 99 per cent of the people in Dubai were aware of the instructions and they followed all the precautionary measures to curb Covid-19.

The expertise of the police personnel in surveillance and investigation and their familiarity with the area helped control the situation in Naif area, which was put under a strict 27-day containment.

The Civil Defence team was also ready for its usual duty and other civil rescue missions. According to official statistics, firefighters extinguished 89 fires in buildings, as well as 53 car fires and conducted 76 rescue missions during this period of the pandemic. The operation was conducted following highest international standards, as 75,000 litres of sterilisation fluid were used every day.