Average lifespan in Saudi Arabia rises to 77.6 years
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Average life expectancy in Saudi Arabia reached 77.6 years compared to 74 years in 2016, the...
Wounded Gazans get medical care on French hospital ship
Israel responded with a military offensive that has killed at least 25,105 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to...
Abu Dhabi to instal ‘state-of-the-art’ scanners to detect Covid-19
Abu Dhabi to instal advanced scanners to detect Covid-19, starting with entry points to the emirate The scanners will be...
Delta variant of Covid found in Kuwait, authorities warn citizens to take precautions
Kuwait says that many people in the country have contracted the Indian variant The country's health department is conducting...
Improve employee wellbeing to advance your bottom line: Gallup
Higher life evaluations, wellbeing are positively associated with productivity, innovation, and safety 84 percent of MENA employees are not...
Pandemic delivers major blow to well-being in MENA
Unemployment, negative emotions rose in MENA region during COVID-19 Employees in the region have reported the world's highest rates...
UAE medical device market to top $1.52 billion by 2025
According to the Q2 2021 Fitch Solutions Medical Device report, the market will benefit from an overall strong economic performance...
Post and present trauma time bomb hangs over Gaza
No university in the Gaza Strip offers a speciality in psychiatry The available mental health services can't keep up with...
LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital opens state-of-the-art ER
ER has embedded Medical Imaging Unit comprising a CT-Scan, Digital X-Ray, Ultrasound and Mobile Unit *Hospital authorities say unit opened...
Jabs for votes: Lebanon’s oligarchs turn to Covid bribery
Vaccine-for-vote system draws on practices that have seen leaders buy their way into the office Of the 900,000 people who...
Airline ‘travel pass’ app to go live in Mideast in weeks
Around 60,000 people have been registered to test the system Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways among the first to...
Most Emiratis believe opening live events only to vaccinated people will help curb Covid
After vaccination, residents most comfortable visiting beaches, parks Fewer people would like to attend weddings, live concerts or travel abroad...
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China is battling a surge in cases following its decision last month to lift years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass...
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Abu Dhabi introduces Mobile BSL-3 Laboratory
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Morocco to forbid entry to travelers from China over Covid spread
the Moroccan foreign ministry said in a statement that authorities in the North African country "decided to forbid access to...
- Nations, including France, Britain and Morocco's cross-strait neighbor Spain, have said they will require negative Covid tests for all travelers from mainland China
- China said in December that it would end mandatory quarantine for people arriving in the country and that it had abandoned strict measures to contain the virus
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DEWA encourages active lifestyle by organizing sporting events
DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organized 12 sports tournaments in 2022, with the participation of 2,437...
- DEWA sponsored and hosted three sports tournaments, and participated in several local sports events.
- DEWA’s Sports Committee organized the DEWA Bowling Tournament 2022 and 120 employees participated in the event.
Concern over China Covid surge ‘understandable’: WHO
Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of infections following Beijing's decision to lift strict rules that had...
- WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged China to be more forthcoming on the pandemic situation in the country
- His comments came after the United States joined several nations in imposing Covid tests on travelers from China