Saudi municipalities intensify efforts to combat virus

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• Monitoring teams closed a slaughterhouse for violating the preventive measures and tracked a number of municipal violations

JEDDAH: Municipalities in Saudi regions have stepped up their environmental campaign to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Jeddah municipality has intensified efforts across 19 sub-municipalities to disinfect and sanitize streets, roads and public squares, along with cleaning green spaces.
The municipality of Najran has intensified inspections of slaughterhouses to ensure preventive measures are applied. Monitoring teams closed a slaughterhouse for violating the preventive measures and tracked a number of municipal violations, where fines and penalties were applied.