In the northern emirates, owners of women's and men's salons reported that turnout had declined significantly, despite the approach of Eid al-Adha, and their commitment to implementing precautionary and preventive measures.
They stressed that the salons were experiencing a lot of crowding during these times each year, pointing out that people fear of the risk of infection with the Corona virus prevents customers from attending, and pushed them to sacrifice the "haircut and story of the feast." In detail, the owner of a women's salon in Fujairah, Aisha Ibrahim, said that A large number of its customers were calling, to know the date of reopening the salon, which made it rush to implement the precautionary conditions followed, in order to resume the salon work.
She pointed out that she was surprised by the decrease in turnout by 70%, despite the approach of Eid al-Adha, noting that the salon was witnessing very crowding before the holidays and seasons, especially in the hairdressing department.
And her opinion was supported by a hairdresser in a women's salon, Nermin Mohsen, saying: “We used to work, during this period of each year without stopping, and the salon was very crowded, but under the current circumstances, the turnout has not exceeded 20%.”
She pointed out that she contacted the customers of the shop who used to visit the salon twice a week, and informed them of the services and offers offered during the holiday period, but they preferred not to attend, and sacrifice the story of the feast, for fear of being infected with "corona".
Citizenship Noura Ali Suleiman emphasized that the period of closing women's salons, and the sitting of women and men in homes, made them learn new skills, and trained and developed them for lack of availability, such as: shaving children's hair and trimming their nails, in addition to dyeing hair.
The owner of a men's salon, who preferred not to be named, said that he expected a big turnout before Eid al-Adha. Now, surprisingly, the number of customers has decreased significantly, unlike every year, and it is likely that the reason is fear of infection of "Corona".
He pointed out that the owners of the salons implement all precautionary measures to protect them and their customers. In contrast, the municipality of Dibba Al-Hisn violated and warned seven salons for women and men before the holiday, during campaigns and surprising inspection rounds amounted to 253 rounds, after the decision to reopen the men's and women's salons by the relevant authorities In the state.
For his part, the director of the municipality of Dibba Al-Hisn, Talib Al Yahyahi, confirmed that the municipality carries out daily and surprising inspection campaigns and visits to all health and food establishments in the city, within the framework of the municipality’s keenness to continuously follow the commitment to health requirements, and the application of preventive measures set by the municipality, according to the latest and best International standards applied in this field, in order to preserve the health of the residents, residents and visitors, and ensure their safety.
Al-Yahyaii indicated that the Health Supervision Department has conducted, since the beginning of the year, 900 inspection rounds, during which he sent 40 notifications, while the Environmental Control Department carried out six inspection rounds, indicating that the Veterinary Services Section carried out 937 inspection rounds, during which 14 notifications were issued, and eight violations of the institutions The violation, while the Hygiene and Sanitation Division carried out 30 inspections.
Apply preventive measures
The director of the municipality of Dibba Al-Hisn, Talib Al Yahyahi, stated that the Health Supervision Department directed barbershops (men and women), using a number of preventive and precautionary methods, the most important of which is the application of preventive measures at the level of hygiene, procedures for periodic sterilization of tools and seats daily, and the organization of pre-booking when receiving customers, And taking into account the physical distance between at least two meters between each person.
He stressed the necessity of limiting the service to shaving and hairdressing, and the use of tools for one time, while adhering to the protective and hygienic conditions when replacing them, wearing masking barbers, using hand gloves, washing and sterilizing the hands before and after each service.
Sudden inspection campaigns to ensure compliance with preventive measures.