Archive for author: G-Forum

Mask-Me
COVID-19

WHO urges mask use in confined public areas, where coronavirus still spreads

Additionally, people over 60, or who have underlying health conditions, should wear medical masks in these settings, while all workers in clinical areas of health facilities should also use them – not just thos...

Covid-19
COVID-19

‘Global solidarity’ needed, to find affordable, accessible COVID-19 vaccine

“We need global solidarity to ensure that every person, everywhere, has access”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message to the Global Vaccine Summit, convened to find and fund collective sol...

Adele-Trombetta
COVID-19

How Cisco enabled remote working for 2000 Expo 2020 Dubai staff in two days

In the face of the lockdowns and disruption caused by Covid-19, many companies have faced a considerable challenge in connecting their staff to enable them to work from home, in a secure and reliable fashion. F...

Gunter-Reiss
COVID-19

A10 Networks survey finds Covid-19 not expected to delay 5G deployments

Mobile service providers say they are making substantial progress toward ushering in a new generation of 5G networks that will enable ultra-high-speed mobile connectivity and a wide variety of new applications ...

Cycling
COVID-19

Bicycles: Setting the wheels of change in motion during and after COVID-19 

“This year…we acknowledge the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle”, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the UN General Assembly, said in a statement marking the annual day, noting that b...

Patient-Care
COVID-19

UN chief António Guterres calls for greater unity and solidarity to defeat COVID-19

The Secretary-General made the appeal on Wednesday in opening remarks to an extraordinary inter-sessional summit of the 79-member Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). He said the novel...

Que
COVID-19

UN chief underlines need to protect refugees and migrants in COVID-19 pandemic

António Guterres on Wednesday launched the latest UN policy briefing on the pandemic, which reminds countries of their obligation to protect people on the move, who number more than 70 million globally, accordi...

Murali-S
COVID-19

Al-Futtaim enables remote contact centres using Genesys Cloud, Genesys Premises

Al-Futtaim Technologies has implemented mission-critical mitigation strategies for its contact centre customers. In collaboration with Genesys, the global leader in customer experience and contact centre soluti...

Plane-repair
COVID-19

Global Aerospace Logistics partners with Etihad to support local jobs and training

Global Aerospace Logistics, GAL, a regional provider of integrated aircraft sustainment solutions for military and civilian customers, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Etihad Airways, the nati...

Arabian-Gulf
COVID-19

Arabian Gulf ports agree to standardise Covid related sterilisation procedures

Abu Dhabi Ports held a virtual roundtable workshop with port operators from across the Arabian Gulf, to tease out shared experiences, challenges faced and best practices when dealing with Covid-19. Hosted by vi...