Volunteering in these times is an act of courage

About The National 's report Coronavirus: 8,000 UAE volunteers step forward : kudos to the volunteers in the UAE and everywhere across the world. They risk more than people staying at home. K Ragavan, Bengaluru, India When Dubai Police came through for young Ruby With regard to Ashleigh Stewart's piece Dubai mum receives personal call from police to help organise time outside for daughter with Down syndrome (April 19): praying for all families with a disabled child. This is hard enough without extra complications. Laura Bondurant Meek, Jonesboro, Arkansas, US The UAE police is always exceptionally courteous. Their behaviour is almost the same every time. Unless you are guilty or harmful for community, they are respectful and kind. Muhammad Irfan, Al Ain Good call to stock up on hydroxychloroquine Regarding the report by Rory Reynolds and Ramola Talwar Badam Coronavirus: UAE secures 5.5 million anti-malaria pills to treat Covid-19 patients (April 19): great move in the right direction, one that is spearheaded by outstanding leaders. Nyanzi Allan, Kampala, Uganda This is good news. India is helping many countries. Long live the India-UAE friendship. Kanhaiya Sharma, Dubai Who needs fake news right now, anyway? In reference to Gillian Duncan's report Coronavirus: Dh20,000 fine for anyone found sharing fake news (April 18): a necessary step, this is the need of the hour. Danish Saleem Khan, Abu Dhabi Opinions and facts are not the same. If any one is confused by this, it is best not to post anything on social media until this all blows over. Neil Squibs Younger, Dubai The logic of crowds and supermarkets About Anna Zacharias and Ruba Haza's article Coronavirus: fish auctions continue to draw large crowds (April 18): in all fairness, supermarkets, especially small ones, should only allow a certain number of people at a time. They should also have more people at the tills so people go in and out quickly, and not stand in line for long. Staff should change gloves often and clean the till area every 20 minutes. Seems McKlaire, Abu Dhabi That’s a good way to boost the economy. Hopefully within a few weeks everyone will be back at work. Dinesh Bhatia, Dubai

Volunteering in these times is an act of courage

Our readers have their say on helping out in times of Covid-19, Dubai Police aiding a teenager, anti-malaria pills, fake news and shopping crowds