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Sharjah inter-city transport to resume on September 15

Our Correspondent

The Sharjah Emergency and Crisis and Disaster Management Team, in coordination with the Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority, has approved the reopening of the Al Jubail Bus Station, and the operation of intercity transportation lines from 15th September, 2020. This comes after ensuring that all precautionary and preventive measures for the safety of passengers will be met.

Brigadier General Dr. Ahmed Saeed Al Naour, Director General of Central Operations at Sharjah Police, who heads the Executive Committee for Sharjah Emergency and Crisis and Disaster Management Team, visited Al Jubail Bus Station, to see the procedures in place.

The committee adopted a set of preventive measures to restart transportation services for passengers. This includes limiting passenger capacity in buses to 50 per cent, and other necessary preventive measures applied to all employees and drivers, to achieve comprehensive health security. Hand sanitisers will be installed in every bus and stickers to maintain social distancing will also be placed.Thermal body scanning of passengers will be done before boarding. They should wear masks during the entire duration of the trip.

Al Jubail bus station had been closed since April as part of COVID-19 precautionary measures.

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