Egypt’s smartphone phone market has finally fully recovered from the devastating decline that hit the market in 2017, according to research conducted by International Data Corporation, IDC. The global tec...
Limelight Networks has announced it has increased its network egress capacity by more than 70% to support the growth of online traffic and the needs of customers in the Middle East. The additional capacity has ...
Planning and Preparedness What actions should I take to plan for an outbreak? Creating an emergency plan for mass gatherings and large community events, such as concerts and sporting events, can help prot...
If you have possible or confirmed COVID-19: Stay home from work, school, and away from other public places. If you must go out, avoid using any kind of public transportation, ridesharing, or taxis. Monitor ...
In a new study, higher daily step counts were associated with lower mortality risk from all causes. The research team, which included investigators from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Inst...
The decision to delay the Games was announced in a joint statement from the International Olympics Committee (IOC), which is a partner with the United Nations, and the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee. The Joint...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s order for the country’s 1.3 billion people to stay home, is an escalation of the 07:00 – 21:00 “Janata curfew” introduced on March 22, and it comes a day after the government grou...
In a letter to the members of the Group of 20 industralized powers (G-20), António Guterres welcomed their decision to convene an emergency virtual summit on the pandemic, which has already affected health, edu...
WHO, FIFA launch joint campaign to equip football community to tackle COVID-19 Geneva, 23 March 2020: FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up ...
UN-Habitat said the impacts of the new coronavirus disease could be considerably higher on the urban poor living in slums, where overcrowding also makes it difficult to follow other recommended measures such as...