BERLIN: Germany is donating 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine to African countries affected by the disease, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in Berlin on Monday. In the medium term, Germany, together with European partners, will also support the African Union in setting up local vaccine production, German news agency dpa quoted Hebestreit as saying. According […]
DUBAI: DP World has received the “Best Logistics Technology & Cold Chain Delivery” award at this year’s Vaccine Industry Excellence Awards, held in Washington DC. The award recognised DP World’s work over the last two years to address challenges in vaccine delivery and supply chain bottlenecks. For the past 21 years, the World Vaccine Congress […]
GENEVA / WASHINGTON: At its third meeting, the Multilateral Leaders Taskforce on COVID-19 (MLT) the heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization met with the leaders of the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT), Africa CDC, Gavi, and UNICEF to tackle obstacles to rapidly scale-up vaccines in […]
NEW DELHI – India’s financial capital of Mumbai will see no immediate relief from restrictions imposed to check the transmission of COVID-19. Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, tonight did away with two levels of liberal relaxation of restrictions in the state. The tightening of curbs follows the first death in Maharashtra due to […]
Consumers’ preferences & behaviors: Consumer preferences and buying behaviors keep evolving and the current pandemic had a big role in accelerating this change across the sector whether it is travel, non-food retail, leisure, movies & F&B, etc. All sectors have been impacted and there is no sector which is insulated from the aftermath of covid19. […]
DUBAI – His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said that the COVID-19 pandemic summoned extraordinary resilience across the world despite having caused unprecedented disruptions to people’s lives. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed’s remarks came in the foreword of the Emirates Group’s Annual Report – 2020-2021 where […]
NEW DELHI, 6th June 2021: With COVID-19 infections coming down to the lowest level country-wide in nearly two months to 120,529 new cases during the last 24 hours, India’s major cities today announced significant relaxations in lockdowns in New Delhi and Mumbai. Government and private offices will be allowed to reopen with 50 percent attendance […]
LONDON – More than 125.1 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and around 2,875,357 million have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019. European Union leaders met […]
ABU DHABI, 21st March 2021 – The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 237,479 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of […]
New Delhi, 17th March, 2021 – With the number of COVID-19 infections rising in some states recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met with all state Chief Ministers via video conference. He called for “quick and decisive steps” to prevent a second peak of the pandemic from emerging nationwide. More than 96 percent of […]
“With 12.6% growth, MENA is among the fastest-growing regions in renewable energy. However, its total capacity stands at 23 GW, which is only 1 percent of global production.” ABU DHABI, March 17 – The alternative concept of the circular economy, supporting technology to become commercially feasible, and the complexity surrounding energy transition were some of […]
