DAMMAM: The Eastern Province municipality has carried out more than 153,000 health inspection tours since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The checks were aimed at ensuring that businesses were adhering to health and safety precautionary measures and protocols. A total of 4,375 violations of overcrowding in central markets were recorded, along with 12,988 breaches of health precautions in markets and malls. During the tours, inspectors closed down 192 enterprises due to their non-compliance with precautionary measures introduced to curb the spread of the virus.