Marketsand commercial centers in various regions and cities of the Kingdom witness anabundance of food stocks, whether food of all kinds or meat, vegetables, andfruits, as well as the availability of sterilization materials and medicalmaterials in pharmacies.
Inthe city of Turaif, which is located in the northern border region, shops arekeen to provide safe means of sterilizers, gags, and gloves for shoppers, aswell as providing everything that meets the demands of shoppers, as thesecenters witness a moderate demand from citizens and residents to purchase theirdaily needs that varied between different food items, sterilization tools, andother daily requirements.
Anumber of consumers and market visitors expressed their support for theprecautionary plan and preventive measures to limit the spread of theCoronavirus, confirming the stability of prices and the availability of food ofall kinds, and praised the work of the agencies involved in applying theprecautionary measures that had already had a positive impact on citizens andresidents, which aims to reduce the risk of the spread of the novel coronavirus(COVID-19), by intensifying hygiene and taking preventive measures andcontinuous awareness, especially in such facilities that face the great andcontinuous demand of all.
InRiyadh, a number of shoppers, citizens and residents, flock to the points ofsale of various food items spread throughout the capital in a smooth andorganized manner.
Shoppersin each center receive customer service representatives to guide shoppers tosterilize their hands and put on gloves that were prepared by all salescenters, in addition to organizing the entry of shoppers in specific numbers toprevent crowding.
TalalAl-Amir, who is one of the organizers of one of the sales centers in Riyadh,explained that shoppers are entered into groups of 55 people, and the rest arewaiting until shoppers leave from the inside, and every hour this number isentered and the number itself goes out, pointing out that all shoppers arecooperative and abide by all Preventive instructions .
Forhis part, organizer Mohamed Al-Halabi indicated that his mission is to stand toguide shoppers to sterilize their hands and then wear gloves before enteringthe shopping center, where sterile materials and gloves were provided at theentrance to the center in order to maintain their safety, stressing thecommitment of shoppers and their keenness to fight this disease, while UmmMuhammad thanked the efforts of the government of the Custodian of the Two HolyMosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to preserve the health of citizensand residents and provide them with ways to protect them in every point of saleand substantial food supplies as usual.
Asfor Madinah, the municipality of the region started to use thermal scanningtechniques through the use of drones equipped with thermal cameras to initiallyinspect the visitors of the central markets, intending to strengthen theprecautionary measures to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in publicsites and commercial markets that are popular with citizens and residents inMadinah.
TheSecretariat is also working on harnessing modern technologies within itspreventive measures to benefit from artificial intelligence services that workto measure some vital indicators for individuals by reading the bodytemperature of shoppers and sellers within human groups in open markets andidentifying those indicators through automated systems and dealing with casesof suspicion in a step to protect the health and safety of shoppers and marketvisitors.
Also,the Madinah Municipality has embarked on the application of these newprocedures in addition to a package of preventive measures that includecleansing the central market, continuing sterilization operations, providingsterilization materials for shoppers, and providing advice that will enhanceenvironmental sanitation degrees in public sites and central markets.
Regardingthe city of Arar, the Ministry of Commerce in the northern border region, incooperation with the security authorities in the region, organized the ease ofconsumers' access to markets and hypermarkets.
TheDirector-General of the Ministry of Commerce Branch of the Northern Borders,Ahmed Al-Fayez, explained that the branch organizes the consumers' entryaccording to the new regulation, which provides for the entry of 25 shoppersand increases according to the area, pointing out that the regulatory teamsorganize this in cooperation with the security authorities.
Inthe city of Al-Leith, the markets of vegetables and fruits in the governorateare witnessing a large supply in the midst of a regular demand by residents totake their daily needs from them.
Thecorrespondents of the Saudi Press Agency, "SPA", monitored theabundance of supplies and the regular demand from shoppers, who assured the"SPA" that markets meet all the requirements of the population of alltypes and varieties of vegetables and fruits naturally and appropriately.
Thesupervisory authorities from the relevant government departments continue towork with each other according to complete coordination and one intensive worksystem around the clock in accordance with the directives of the leadershipkeen to harness all potentials and energies, and provide comfort and decentways of life and ensure their permanence for citizens and residents.
