On the third day of the reopening of markets, the commercial control and consumer protection sector in Dubai’s economy closed 13 stores and alerted 211 commercial establishments and violated 18 stores, which did not adhere to the precautionary measures to limit the spread of the Corona virus “Covid 19”, such as wearing masks and physical spacing, and opening Fitting rooms, and carrying out promotional offers are not allowed in the stage of reopening the markets, and the total number of stores that meet the requirements and precautionary measures reached 307 stores.
During the process of inspection in open markets, the number of shops that met the conditions and precautionary measures reached 249, while 100 stores were alerted, and 13 other stores were closed, in addition to violating 11 stores. The inspection campaigns focused on the shops located in Satwa, Al Riffa, Souk Al Kabir, Al Karamah, Al Qusais, Al Ras, Hor Al Anz, Freej Al Murar, Al Baraha, Al Rashidiya, Al Muteena, Abu Hail, Naif, Jumeirah, Al Wasl, Al Khawaneej, International City, Al Awir, Ayal Nasser . Commercial activities of shops in conflict with the law also varied, to include activities such as: ironing, clothing trading, mobile phone trading, nuts trade, repair of locks, building materials, electronics repair.
On the other hand, the fieldwork team inspected 8 commercial centers in the Deira and Bur Dubai regions, and it generated 111 warnings, due to the lack of physical spacing stickers, and the non-stopping of the application of the replacement and return policy, in addition to violating 7 stores, due to opening rooms Measurement, and carrying out promotional offers during this period, and the number of shops that meet the requirements and precautionary measures reached 58.
And the Dubai economic campaign extended over the hours of the market’s operation from the morning to the closing hour. Dubai Economy directs merchants to adhere to precautionary measures such as wearing masks and gloves, applying principles of physical spacing and not doing business in the markets during the hours of national sterilization, where the stores are required to close except for activities that are allowed to work 24 hours a day according to the previous circulars. On the other hand, Dubai Economy invites consumers to report any negative cases or phenomena that are contradictory to precautionary measures through the Dubai Consumer application available on Apple, Google and Huawei stores, or by calling 600545555 or through the website consumerrights.ae