Dubai closes restaurants, smoking areas among 6 businesses for violations

Dubai Municipality revealed on social media that 69 violations had been discovered in inspections on Tuesday.

  • PUBLISHED: Wed 16 Sept 2020, 10:02 PM UPDATED: Thu 17 Sept 2020, 12:21 AM

Dubai Municipality has announced it closed six businesses for violating precautionary measures on Tuesday.

The authority says the businesses closed were a salon, a laundrette, two smoking areas and two restaurants.

It revealed on social media that 69 violations had been discovered from 2,414 visits to institutions, with a 97 per cent commitment rate to precautionary measures from the businesses visited.

In a tweet, Dubai Municipality said it was keeping the public 'safe by monitoring the work of environmental & health institutions, food institutions and their markets, and assesses their compliance with public safety standards and necessary precautionary measures'.