Abu Dhabi / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Thursday sent an aid plane carrying 8 metric tons of medical supplies and testing kits to Burkina Faso. This aid will assist approximately 8,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus, bolstering the country’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19. “Based on the UAE’s leading and humanitarian role ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In 2019, the UAE was ranked first in seven global health indexes, according to the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA). A report by the authority pointed out that the UAE was ranked first internationally in the “Low HIV Prevalence Index,” the “National Early Detection Programmes Index,” the “Low Rate of Health Problems Index,” the “Health ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Tehran (from July 17), Guangzhou (from July 25), Addis Ababa (from August 1), and Oslo (from August 4), expanding connectivity for customers with these latest cities rejoining its network across the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa, and Europe. This will take the airline’s passenger network to 62 destinations ...