Dubai Municipality denied what was recently circulated, of information and video clips warning community members of the spread of locusts in areas of Dubai, stressing that what was circulated old dates back to the date of 24 of last month, and that the Emirate of Dubai is currently free of locust gatherings.
The municipality assured to "Emirates Today" that the current situation is completely stable and there are no swarms of locusts currently in the emirate of Dubai, and called upon all members of society when seeing such cases to determine the location of locusts gathering, and direct reporting on them through the call center on the number "800 900", The municipality will urgently and quickly move to the site and verify the situation and deal with it according to the procedures followed, and stressed the need not to circulate such sections that cause panic and fear for community members and return to Dubai Municipality when you need to inquire about these phenomena.
The municipality condemned the use of some people by lack of knowledge and know-how, and Dubai Municipality bears legal responsibility for the people who publish any false information without verifying the source.
Videos have recently spread showing the spread of desert locusts extensively on the roads and in the skies of some areas, and members of the community are warned against them, and they asked them to close the windows and doors and not open them, and they identified areas such as "Al Barsha, Palm Jumeirah, and Dubai Marina", and after reviewing these sections it was found that Dated 24/5/2020, and one of them is in the Dubai Marina area, where the city of Dubai was exposed to the passage of numbers of mobile desert locusts as a result of the emirate's exposure to active southeastern winds that helped the desert locust move from the breeding areas in the eastern Arabian Gulf and its passage over the Emirate of Dubai.
Dubai Municipality affirms that it has an integrated system of accurate procedures and an approved emergency plan to deal with the spread of agricultural pests and immediately after locust locust gatherings in the recent period in several areas that have been moved by control teams to deal with and follow up and respond to public inquiries about them It has been found that these swarms are mobile and did not It settles in the city of Dubai except in some few areas and has been dealt with and combated over the course of 3 days to ensure that it is completely eliminated and conduct several surveys and exploration operations to ensure that there are no parts of these swarms in some areas