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flydubai
COVID-19

Dubai Airports’ CEO warns airfare may jump 3-4 times due to social distancing

In an interview with CNN’s John Defterios, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths warned that airfares might have to increase by three or four times if social distancing rules are implemented on aeroplanes. He asser...

gulf-air
COVID-19

Bahrain’s BenefitPay sees 1257% increase in remittances during March 2020

The GCC is set to experience a surge in the use of FinTech platforms as consumers turn away from physical offerings during the ongoing global Covid-19 outbreak. It comes after Bahrain’s national electronic wall...

Sharjah
COVID-19

Sharjah’s Qatra Water copes with COVID driven 20% increase for wastewater treatment

In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, most industries had to take a step back and re-evaluate their response plan. On the other hand, vital sectors such as the public health service is working round the clock t...

Ihab-Farhoud
COVID-19

Five ways IT can contribute to combating Covid-19

If ever the world needed a solid and functioning healthcare system, it is now. It is being tested like never before and things are going to get worse before they get better.  But this is not the right time or p...

Covid-19
COVID-19

UN: Decades of neglect in addressing mental health needs has been exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic

Spearheading the alert ahead of the upcoming World Health Assembly in Geneva, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to do much more to protect all those facing mounting mental ...

Manufacturing
COVID-19

UN report: Access to healthcare, now a matter of life and death

The report on Social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries, describes social protection as “an indispensable mechanism for delivering support to individuals during the crisis”. I...

baby-vacine
COVID-19

UN: Presidents and prime ministers lead call for ‘people’s vaccine’, free to all

On Thursday, more than 140 world leaders and figures signed an open letter requesting Governments unite behind a “people’s vaccine” against COVID-19, marking the most ambitious position yet set out by world lea...

stop-spread
COVID-19

CDC advisory: If You Are Immunocompromised, Protect Yourself From COVID-19

Many conditions and treatments can weaken a person’s immune system (making them “immunocompromised”). Some of these include: Cancer Bone marrow transplant Solid organ transplant Stem cells for cancer treatment...

excercise
COVID-19

WHO, IOC team up to improve health through sport

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today signed an agreement to work together to promote health through sport and physical activity. “I am pleased to formali...

Dubai-Face-Mask-Shield
COVID-19

Dubai based Precise manufactures face shields using 3D printing

People worldwide are doing their best to protect their families and themselves to reduce the transmission rate of the Covid-19. Protective tools such as surgical face masks of appropriate quality are most usual...