Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype
On March 16, SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted that the anti-malaria drug chloroquine was “maybe worth considering” as a treatment for COVID-19. He got...
Dubai Future Foundation Launches ‘One Million Arab Coders’ COVID-19 Hackathon
Dubai Future Foundation, DFF, has launched the "One Million Arab Coders" COVID-19 Hackathon to engage Arab coders from around the world to develop innovative...
Global Business Travel – Coronavirus Pandemic Latest Casualty
Business travel has become the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic by coming to a halt across the globe, according to the latest research...
Should You List a Home for Sale During the Coronavirus Crisis?
Spring is a popular time to list a home for sale in Dubai, because most family homes sales occur in the beginning of summer....
Russia Starts Testing Coronavirus Vaccine Prototypes
Russian scientists have begun testing prototypes of potential vaccines against the new coronavirus on animals. This is happening in a laboratory in Siberia, as...
Dubai’s Internet Providers Rise to Covid-19 Challenge
Internet service providers in Dubai have stepped up to meet the surge in demand created by large volumes of people working and studying from...
COVID-19 Antibody Test Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization
The serology test has a specificity greater than 99.8% and sensitivity of 100% (14 Days post-PCR confirmation)
The high specificity of the test...
Covid-19 Impact on Emerging Market Debt
Covid-19 has rapidly become an economic shock for the global economy. Initially rocking China, global economic expectations changed dramatically in early March, and have...
Dubai Economy Reveals Details Of Closing Down Commercial Establishments, Activities
Dubai Economy has directed commercial establishments in the emirate to close down for two weeks starting today in line with the preventive measures announced...
COVID-19 Puts Over Half of 2020 Passenger Revenues at Risk, Says...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released updated analysis showing that the COVID-19 crisis will see airline passenger revenues drop by $314 billion in...
National Disinfection Program To Run Daily From 8 pm To 6...
The Ministry of Interior has clarified that the National Disinfection Program, slated for execution over the weekend starting from Thursday, March 26, will take...
WHO Halts Hydroxychloroquine Testing Over Safety Concerns
The World Health Organization has suspended testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine after a study published in The Lancet reported that COVID-19 patients taking the drug...
UAE Suspends All Inbound, Outbound Passenger Flights, Transit of Airline Passengers...
The National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, NCEMA, and the General Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, have decided to suspend all inbound and outbound...
COVID-19: The Immune System Can Fight Back
Melbourne researchers have mapped immune responses from one of Australia's first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, showing the body's ability to fight the virus and...
Health Promotion Department Releases 1st Health E-bulletin
The Health Promotion Department, HPD, has recently launched its first e-bulletin which aims to raise awareness about the healthy lifestyles followed while staying home...
Coronavirus Impact: Hospitality Industry To Suffer The Most
As no one wants to get sick, people stop going out and spending money. But there is other people who make a living of...
Apple, Google Launching Joint COVID-19 Tracing Tool for iOS and Android
Engineering teams at Apple and Google have have joined efforts to create a decentralized COVID-19 contact tracing tool. It will help people determine whether...
The Unusual Symptoms of COVID-19
In late April, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its list of COVID-19 symptoms. The CDC initially listed fever, cough, and...