JEDDAH: Municipalities throughout Saudi Arabia are continuing to carry out health and safety inspection tours to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the Kingdom. Jeddah Municipality reported that it had carried out 2,803 visits to commercial centers and facilities in a single day last week, identifying 17 violations. Municipality field teams ordered four commercial outlets to shut down for breaching COVID-19 health protocols. The Eastern Province Municipality carried out 1,025 inspections in one day, identifying 73 violations. Authorities closed one commercial outlet there. The Northern Borders Municipality also carried out hundreds of inspections over a two-day period, identifying 44 violations and ordering one establishment to close. Violations included failure to follow social-distancing and mask-wearing protocols, failure to measure the temperatures of customers correctly, overcrowding, and failure to use the Tawakkalna app properly.