Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 156,520 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. As part of its intensified testing campaign, MoHAP announced 2,067 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of recorded cases in the UAE to 218,766. The ministry also noted that an ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA) has announced the resumption of desert tours and related activities in the emirate with strict implementation of the precautionary measures and guidelines issued for desert tours and Sharjah tour operators. This latest decision comes as part of the efforts to resume the tourism activities in the emirate at a ...

There’s more at stake in Tokyo’s prospective emergency measures to contain the coronavirus than the fate of the metropolis’s great restaurants. Bullish scenarios for a muscular global economic rebound may have to be reassessed. The International Monetary Fund has penciled in world growth of 5.2%, and a 6.9% boost for Asia. Morgan Stanley predicted a global gain of 6.4%. But ...