Home UAE Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Emirati Genome Programme partners with SEHA to increase participation in Abu Dhabi

Participants will only be required to donate either a blood sample or a buccal swab during their visit to the collection sites

ADNOC Reliance

ADNOC and Reliance sign agreement for chemical project in Abu Dhabi

The integrated plant will produce 940 thousand tons of chlor-alkali, 1.1 million tons of ethylene dichloride and 360 thousand tons of PVC annually

Flights from India to Abu Dhabi to remain suspended until July 21 – Etihad

The carrier confirmed the directive in response to a customer query on Twitter

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi: Only vaccinated individuals will be allowed to enter most public places

Starting Friday, August 20, 2021, exceptions will only be made for children aged 15 and under, and those with vaccination exemption certificates

Video: Abu Dhabi approves Covid-19 scanners after trial, to roll them out at malls, residential areas

The scanners can detect a possible Covid-19 infection by measuring electromagnetic waves

Abu-Dhabi-airport-drugs

Abu Dhabi Customs seizes 55,642kg of narcotics in first five months of 2021

During the same period in 2020, it intercepted attempts to smuggle 24,454kg of narcotics

Subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company to list on ADX

The company has Dhs10bn in paid-up capital

Abu Dhabi clarifies that free Covid-19 vaccines will not be given to tourists

The emirate stressed that vaccines are only available to those holding expired residency visas or expired entry visas

Ruwais blue ammonia

Fertiglobe joins ADNOC’s blue ammonia facility in Abu Dhabi’s Ruwais

The facility which will likely be operational by 2025, will have a capacity of up to 1 million tons per annum

E-commerce

UAE retail e-commerce market reaches $3.9bn in 2020

In 2020, the apparel and footwear category had the highest share of 33 per cent ($1.3bn) in the UAE retail e-commerce market

Abu Dhabi adds five new European countries to its ‘green list’

Cuba and Kyrgyzstan have been removed from the list, effective from June 24

Abu Dhabi to welcome back cruise liners from September

Only vaccinated passengers will be allowed to disembark in the emirate

Abu Dhabi Vaccine tourism

Tourists in Abu Dhabi can now receive Pfizer, Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines

The vaccines are only available for holders of a visa issued by Abu Dhabi or passport holders eligible for visa on arrival

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi’s non-oil foreign trade reached Dhs201.2bn in 2020

Its trade reduced 5.6 per cent compared to Dhs213.3bn recorded in 2019

Abu Dhabi updates operating protocols for children’s nurseries

Updated guidelines include increasing the number of children within ‘bubbles’

Wastewater Monitoring Lab Abu Dhabi G42 Healthcare

New Abu Dhabi lab to use AI tech to analyse wastewater for infectious diseases

Construction on the Wastewater Monitoring Lab, being developed in collaboration with G42 Healthcare, will be completed in 12 months

Yahsat eyes first Abu Dhabi IPO since 2017

The satellite operator plans to list a stake of as much as 40 per cent next month

UAE schools

UAE public schools to reopen school campuses in 2021-2022 academic year

However, distance learning to remain optional in these schools when they reopen on August 29

Abu Dhabi school students to return to campus in upcoming academic year

However, full-time remote learning will be allowed to parents who request it, if the option is offered by their child’s school

UAE entry Liberia, Sierra Leone, Namibia

UAE suspends entry of passengers from three more countries

Entry of travellers from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Namibia will be suspended indefinitely from Monday, June 21

Mubadala Health buys UEMedical stake, joins Olive Rock, Cerberus

Financial details of the transaction, which is expected to close by September, weren’t disclosed

Abu Dhabi becomes first location to receive new Covid-19 medication

The Sotrovimab medicine can prevent severe cases and death for selected Covid-19 patients by more than 85 per cent

Newspapers

UAE allows distribution of magazines, newspapers to resume in all public spaces

In March 2020, the UAE National Media Council ordered the temporary suspension of distribution of these materials in certain public places as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi rolls out mass screening Covid-19 technology

The scanners will be used at entry points to the emirate and will screen for potential Covid-19 infections, providing immediate results and denying entry in case of a positive detection

ADNOC awards $510m contract to expand Shah Sour Gas plant capacity

Over 50 per cent of the award value will flow back into the UAE’s economy under ADNOC’s In-Country Value programme

Abu Dhabi’s Jiu-Jitsu Federation

Mubadala and UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation open Abu Dhabi’s largest fitness centre

The new two-storey facility in Al Bahia features specialised jiu-jitsu training, cardiovascular and resistance training equipment

UAE Customs

UAE Customs seized 923,724 counterfeit goods in 2020

Of the total seizures, 70.73 per cent were intercepted from sea routes, 19.51 per cent through air transport and 4.88 per cent via land routes

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi to launch new service to Trabzon

The new service represents the 14th route for the carrier since its launch

Abu Dhabi’s ADQ in talks to invest $500m in Flipkart

Flipkart is seeking to raise at least $3bn

Air Arabia Etihad Airways

UAE’s Etihad and Air Arabia to permit mutual transfer of air miles and points

Etihad Guest members will now receive 1 AirReward Point for every 2 Etihad Guest Miles