All Dubai customers who shop online from Carrefour will receive their orders via Aramex and Dubai Taxi. The Department of Economic Development, announced a collaboration between Aramex, Dubai Taxi Corporation and Carrefour. The collaboration will have DTC and Aramex working together to deliver goods shopped on the Carrefour website.
DTC and Aramex have joined hand to help Carrefour deliver foods ordered via their website. The collaboration is an initiative to help balance the high volume of demand for food and consumables ordered through online stores. Aramex has set aside a dedicated fleet for the service. Meanwhile, DTC has also allotted a large number of taxis to assist in efficient delivery.
Both parties will strictly follow Covid rules while delivering essentials to homes.
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Meanwhile, Dubai residents can now get medicined delivered at their door step, thanks to the Health Ministry’s new initiative. The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (Mohap) has rolled out a new service that supports the #stayhome initiative. The new service that will allow residents to get prescribed medicines delivered at their doorstep for three months. The service supports the stay home policy and will be in place for three months.
MoHap on Friday tweeted: “For your safety wherever you are, you can now order your medications via e-mail without visiting the medical facilities during the next period, and receive a sufficient quantity for a period of 3 months.”
MoHap further added that those with chronic illness can also mail the hospital where your doctor works at least two days before the prescription needs to be revisited. In order to do this, the patient will have to provide his ID card details, mention the doctor’s name, their health condition (health status) and the name of the medicine prescribe- along with an image.
The UAE has been hands-on in battling the dreaded pandemic. Apart from frontliners braving it out at the war footing, the country has also introduced a host on initiatives for the safety of the residents. A nationwide sterilization drive was rolled out, followed by drive-through test centres across the country. The latest addition to this list is Dubai World Trade centre transformed into a massive hospital.