From Foreign Waters

When coronavirus broke out, no one prepared. No country had the slightest of idea about how bad it can be or how contagious it really is but nearly six months from now, it all comes down to who handled it better? A country the United States, who was more susceptible than most countries to get infected of coronavirus, chose to ignore early signs of what is not the worst public health care crisis in the last 100 years that the nation has faced. Donald Trump was not only lazy in handling the situation but is also impatient with the scenario and has already seems to have moved on from the pandemic with his daily ‘fun’ activities. UAE on the other hand took care of the public concerns when the news of the virus outbreak was in the public knowledge and started identifying positive cases with continuous testing and not this but also making sure that social distancing is kept intact in every which way possible. UAE faced the virus prior to it reaching the United States, they were weeks ahead i

A stem cell therapy in Abu Dhabi has managed to treat over 2000 COVID-19 contracted patients with 1200 of them being fully recovered. The Abu Dhabi stem cell center(ADSCC) confirmed it and announced that treatment was administered in the UAE to 73 COVID-19 patients who have all been successfully treated for the virus by inhaling the treatment into their lungs after it has been nebulized into a fine mist. A patent was granted by the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy for the development of a promising treatment for COVID-19 infections using stem cells in the month of May Early on, when the clinical trials were taking place, researchers noted that patients getting stem cell therapy have witnessed reduction in their time in the hospital. It was later announced by the doctors and researchers in ADSCC, led by Dr Yendry Ventura, announced in May they had developed a new treatment for COVID-19 patients. UAECell19, an autologous stem cells based therapy, appears to help the body fight th

UAE decides to support Sudan ease an economic crisis happening for years now and pledges $50 million for it.   UAE has always been one of the helping hands in providing and helping the needy and now is no different when Sudan is at its worst state. Apart from UAE, in an initiative taken by Germany, different countries are coming to support the worsening condition of Sudan and till now have managed to raise $1.8 billion dollars. The European Union pledged 312 million euros ($350.13 million), the United States $356.2 million, Germany 150 million euros, France 100 million euros, and Britain £150 million for humanitarian and development programmes, chief among them planned cash transfers to poor families with the help of the World Bank, officials said at the online event.   Prime Minister of Sudan, Abdalla Hamdok, is in a transitional power sharing deal with the military and is hoping for a lot of foreign support to make the country stand back on its feet. “We expect our partners to suppor

While trying to get back to its original state, Dubai is now looking at full recovery and things might not be that difficult now as the emirate decides to start the educational facilities from the new academic year. It has already allowed residents to return back to the country and also planned to open tourism from July 7,2020 and now with educational institutions being planned to open, Dubai is rising back on his feet again. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority has confirmed that "Schools in Dubai differ in terms of size, location, and the number of students. In order to comply with health and safety guidelines, schools may choose models that best suit their circumstances and community." The next academic year will start in the month of September the same year which means that students can start school in months from now. Another information from KHDA is that school fees will remain unchanged for the next year. But as the KHDA website states that these educational i

Delivery of urgent humanitarian assistance made possible through World Refugee Day. It was after His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai ordered an aid flight to support the delivery. Recently, UNHCR declared an emergency in the Central Sahel Region for the protection and assistance of more than 600,000 internally displaced people, a number that is at risk of growing significantly in the coming weeks. Humanitarian aid includes 88% core relief items and 12% covid19 aid which was supported by the World Health Organization (WHO)   This measure will be remembered as a valuing move of the government to provide and protect its people amidst natural disasters.

It has been more than 2 months since most countries banned airlines operations. World coming to a halt and people stay put wherever they were, it has been opposed to human nature to always be on a move.   Now as countries are slowly easing out the lockdowns and reviving the economies, airlines are coming back to work. The skies are again bustling in action that had been barren. We are ready to travel, to fly. But are we tension-free and stress-free regarding the idea of flying?   Why is there a fear of flying?   The primary reason, and logical to that, for fear of flying or travelling in a train or bus is the proximity to a fellow passenger, of less than six feet, which is advised by WHO against coronavirus spread.   The probability of a person being infected is directly proportional to the distance to infection source and duration of exposure. Unfortunately, both these factors are major risk while flying.   Furthermore, sharing of toilets, arm rest in a pressurized closed compartment