UAE healthcare frontline heroes talk lessons from the pandemic, the nation’s resilience and why being future-ready is important
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Saudi health authorities quash fears over future spread of killer ‘Disease X’ pandemic
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health calms fears over future spread of hypothetical Disease X
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India proposes creating global pool of health professionals to combat pandemics and natural disasters
The proposal assumes significance in the wake of the huge disparity in the abilities of various countries, especially the underdeveloped and poor one, in handling the Covid-19 pandemic
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Covid-19: Major investment needed to avoid future pandemic shocks
Governments need to invest more in healthcare to avoid impact from next Covid-style health crisis says OECD
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Could mysterious Disease X be next global pandemic? WHO assembles scientists to combat unknown viruses
300 scientists will study as-yet unknown viruses and future pandemic threat
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Saudi Arabia to contribute $50 million to the Pandemic Fund
The fund is set up to provide financing to low and middle income countries and regions to enhance their ability to prevent future pandemics
Abu Dhabi
Covid restrictions lifted in the UAE
The UAE government has lifted all restrictions and precautionary measures guarding against COVID 19.
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Covid-19: Everything you need to know about the UAE’s relaxed mask rules
The relaxation of safety protocols for Covid-19 came into effect after two-and-a-half-years since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020
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Masks still required in UAE schools, PCR test at start of term: NCEMA
Public and private school students are set to return on Monday, August 29
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Millennials are using cryptocurrency to make payments while traveling: report
This comes as an advantage to the UAE, who has a robust tourism sector and a budding blockchain and cryptocurrency industry
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UAE banks can ‘withstand’ severe shocks as global economy evolves: central bank
The national regulator conducted risk analyses through solvency and liquidity tests and supervision to “assess potential vulnerabilities”
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Doing business in an unsettled world
Despite global unrest and the ever-rising costs of doing business, we still have to navigate the day-to-day issues to keep afloat, literally and figuratively, and need to get more comfortable with being uncomfortable
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More than 50 percent of UAE residents claim that the pandemic adversely affected their mental health: report
The UAE government’s decision to gradually ease Covid-19 restrictions came as a relief for the mental health of residents, who have been coping with isolation and anxiety associated with the pandemic, the YouGov report stated
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Coronavirus: UAE reports 812 new cases, three more Covid-19 deaths
Ministry of Health revealed 697 patients recovered, total number of recoveries at 14,495