Few COVID-19 violations in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, municipality finds

DAMMAM: The Eastern Province municipality has carried out almost 400 inspections to ensure that commercial establishments in the province are adhering to COVID-19 precautionary measures, according to a report issued on Thursday.

Only four of those inspections resulted in charges of noncompliance with health measures, while six other establishments were found to be overstocking.

The municipality also sanitized 850 sites in Dammam, using 147,234 liters of disinfectants, with the participation of hundreds of environmental workers, according to the report, and removed 6,643 tons of waste, with the participation of 7,554 workers.