March, 2020

• 30 March

  Sharjah enhances airport sterilisation procedures

  

  Sharjah /WAM Sharjah Airport Authority (SAA) continues to implement a number of preventive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Covid-19, as part of an integrated plan. The measures include implementing sterilisation and disinfection procedures throughout the airport in the Departures and Arrivals halls and public facilities, and sterilising and disinfecting equipment used by passengers and staff. To prevent ...

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• 30 March

  ZonesCorp boosts virus precautions

  ABU DHABI / WAM Higher Corporation for Specialised Economic Zones, ZonesCorp, announced that it has stepped up precautionary measures against Coronavirus, Covid-19, at its workers residential cities. As part of the move, ZonesCorp hosted an awareness workshop to educate workers on how to protect themselves from Covid-19 in collaboration with the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi. ZonesCorp’s precautionary measures ...

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• 30 March

  Abu Dhabi Police show solidarity with NYPD

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Police took to social media on Monday to declare its solidarity with the New York Police Department (NYPD) as a number of its members have been infected with the Coronavirus, Covid-19. Abu Dhabi Police reiterated its keen interest in strengthening ties of strong joint partnership, expressing its hope that all the efforts to end ...

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• 30 March

  Smart Dubai initiative to act as single source of data registries

  

  DUBAI / WAM Smart Dubai has launched the ‘Dubai Registers’ initiative to build a network of accurate, reliable, and interconnected data registries for a sustainable and happy city. The project is part of the Government Development track — one of six development tracks announced by the Dubai Council in early 2020, said a Smart Dubai press release on Monday. The ...

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• 30 March

  PayBy, FAB partner to launch mobile payment services

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM PayBy, an innovative fintech company, has officially launched its mobile payment services in the UAE on Monday. In partnership with the First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) PayBy offers a secure payment solution that is superior to cash and payment cards. The new payment solution will allow consumers to use their smartphones to make contactless and cashless ...

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• 30 March

  Remote working could reduce costs for businesses

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Management consultancy Oliver Wyman expects the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic to have a lasting effect on the future of work, as remote working and virtual collaboration will increase in Dubai and the Gulf countries, following the crisis. According to Jeff Youssef, Partner – Public Sector at Oliver Wyman, remote working could be adopted more widely in the ...

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• 30 March

  Sharjah closes 8 pharmacies over price hike

  

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) shut down a number of pharmacies across the emirate for raising the price of goods, violating measures undertaken under adopted consumer laws. According to SEDD’s Commercial Control and Protection Department, the pharmacies were given violation notices are placed on warning, after the department had received complaints about price hikes on face ...

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• 30 March

  Mohamed orders drive-thru Covid-19 test centres across UAE

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has instructed the Department of Health- Abu Dhabi to set up drive-through centres across the UAE to test for Coronavirus (Covid-19) following the launch of the first such centre in Abu Dhabi. Over the ...

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• 30 March

  ADJD announces remote litigation hearings using video-conferencing tech

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has announced that the first remote litigation hearings using the video-conferencing technology took place on Monday, where the Commercial Summary Matters Court examined 4 urgent commercial cases in the presence of all parties. This move, the ADJD said, is part of the telecommuting and business continuity plan adopted by the ...

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• 30 March

  UAE to harness scientific research to combat virus

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA), held a joint meeting with the Emirates Scientists Council, to discuss ways of employing scientific research to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The meeting was attended by Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences and President of the Emirates Scientists Council, Saif ...

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