March, 2020

• 24 March

  Social distancing and fiscal stimulus amid Covid-19

  

  Across the world, as governments take their first economic stimulus measures to address the Covid-19 crisis, debate is intensifying over the right form and size of that assistance. But this discussion hasn’t yet come to grips with five fundamental realities: First, mandating social distancing in response to the Covid-19 crisis requires socialising the economic costs of doing so. We as ...

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• 23 March

  Covid-19: SCCI highlights challenges facing private sector

  

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) on Monday held its first video conference meeting, as part of the remote working system and the precautionary measures taken to maintain the health and safety of the employees and the customers. The meeting was also in line with the preventive measures adopted by the UAE government in light ...

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• 23 March

  Obaid Al Tayer attends G20 emergency meet

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, on Monday participated in a virtual meeting with the G20 ministers of finance and central bank governors, to discuss ways to unite international efforts to address the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and lessen its economic and social impact on the region and the world. Al Tayer reiterated ...

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• 23 March

  Empower saves 326mn gallons of potable water

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) announced that it has saved 326 million gallons of potable water in 2019, which is equivalent to the amount of water in 593 Olympic swimming pools. The announcement was made marking World Water Day, which is held on March 22 every year since 1993, to highlight the importance of fresh water ...

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• 23 March

  Covid-19: Sheikh Mohammed hails efforts of medical teams

  

  Dubai / WAM In a phone call to the Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA), Emergency Department, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, praised medical professionals for their dedication to ensure public safety and combat the coronavirus (Covid-19) spread. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid reviewed the precautionary ...

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• 23 March

  Cooperation is must to overcome current situation

  

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the National Olympic Committee, stated that the current situation being experienced by the sports sector and other sectors require the cooperation of all relevant organisations and individuals. He also pointed out that the safety and protection of the community is always a leading priority of ...

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• 23 March

  Covid-19: Violators of preventive measures to face fine, jail terms

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has called upon members of the public to stay at home except in cases of necessity, including getting essential supplies, such as food and medicine, or going out for work. “The measures are part of the precautionary and preventive steps taken by the UAE to contain the coronavirus (Covid-19) and ensure ...

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• 23 March

  Oil slides towards 2003 low as demand plunges

  

  Bloomberg Oil dropped towards the lowest level since 2003 as demand plunged as governments froze economic activity to combat the coronavirus, and prospects for a Opec-Texas production deal faded. Futures in London fell 5.6% to near $25 a barrel as some traders estimate crude demand will collapse by as much as 20 million barrels a day this year. Texas Railroad ...

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• 23 March

  Abu Dhabi suspends rent evictions for two months

  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, on Monday directed the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department to halt all rental property eviction cases currently underway, along with executive procedures like imprisonment, blocking of bank accounts, seizure of vehicles, stocks and assets for ...

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• 23 March

  Africa needs $100 billion stimulus to combat virus

  

  Bloomberg Africa needs an immediate emergency economic stimulus of $100 billion to combat the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and almost half of that could come from waiving interest payments for countries on the continent, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The waiver of interest payments, estimated at $44 billion for 2020, and the possible extension ...

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