The President of the Lawyers Association, Counselor Zayed Al Shamsi, said that the Communicable Disease Control Law warned against not reporting the injured or suspected of communicable diseases in the country, including the Corona virus, which is one of the communicable diseases approved by the law.
He explained to «Emirates Today» that Article No. (4) of the Law against Communicable Diseases, stipulates that imprisonment and a fine of no more than 10 thousand dirhams, or one of these two punishments, shall be applied to whoever does not report any person who knows that he is injured or suspected of being injured. One of the communicable diseases.
The Attorney General of the State, Counselor Dr. Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, stated that violating the instructions and procedures issued by the competent authorities in the state to limit the spread of the Corona virus as one of the communicable diseases is considered a crime according to the laws of the state.
Zayed Al Shamsi stated that Article No. (4) of the Communicable Diseases Control Law stipulated that: The following categories are committed: doctors in the government or private sector, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians in the government or private sector, and practitioners of medical professions other than doctors and pharmacists in the government sector or The private, whenever you know or suspect that a person has been infected or died in any of the communicable diseases, the following agency shall be informed, by virtue of its work, immediately, with a maximum limit of 24 hours.
He pointed out that the law obligated groups of adults who associate with the patient, the direct official in the patient’s workplace or study, or the person suspected of his injury, and the captain of the ship, plane, or public vehicle, if the patient or the person suspected of being injured is traveling on any of them, and the director of the penal establishment The hotel, camp, or shelter, or any tourist or other gatherings where the patient or suspect is present, and the criminal investigator, whenever you know or suspect that any person was injured or died due to any of the listed communicable diseases, to immediately inform the Ministry or the nearest health authority With that.
He pointed out that the failure to report the infected or suspected of being infected with the Corona virus, as it is one of the communicable diseases stipulated by the law, is an explicit violation of the provisions and provisions of the law, and is punishable by the violating person, continuing that reporting on the infected person is a national duty, as it protects all individuals The state maintains the safety and health of community members.