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UAE-HEALTH-VIRUS

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE registers 388 new cases, 3 deaths; Oman reports 739 infections

The death toll in the UAE and Kuwait has risen to 298 and 308 respectively

Oman steps up plan to build Middle East’s biggest oil-tank farm

Oman Tank Terminal Co. (OTTCO) has almost finished constructing eight tanks to store crude for a new refinery near the town of Duqm on the Arabian Sea

coronavirus

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi registers 4,919 cases, 39 deaths; Oman reports 810 infections

The death toll in Saudi Arabia stands at 1,091

Coronavirus Testing Laboratory

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 346 infections, 2 fatalities; Saudi registers 4,267 cases, 41 deaths

The death toll in Saudi Arabia has reached 1,052

coronavirus

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi reports 4,507 cases, 39 deaths; Oman registers 1,043 infections

The death toll in Saudi Arabia has crossed 1,000

coronavirus

GCC Covid-19: Saudi reports 4,233 infections, 40 deaths; UAE registers 304 cases

The death toll in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has risen to 972 and 296 respectively

coronavirus

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 479 cases, 2 deaths; Saudi registers 3,733 cases, 38 fatalities

The death toll in the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia has risen to 286, 279 and 857 respectively

Oman Muscat

Oman to extend tourist visas until March 2021; protocols to reopen airports complete

All tourist visas issued from March 1, 2020 until August 31, 2020 are eligible for the extension

Four MENA IPO deals raise $814.2m in Q1 2020

Globally, 235 IPOs raised $28.5bn in Q1 2020, compared to $15.1bn in Q1 2019

Oman’s Ministry of Health aims 90% Omanisation across medical specialties

The ministry has already achieved 100 per cent in some specialties

UAE Coronavirus

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 528 cases, 2 deaths; Kuwait registers 4 deaths

The death toll in the UAE and Kuwait has risen to 283 and 273 respectively

coronavirus covid-19

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi registers 3,369 cases, 34 deaths; Oman reports 6 deaths

The death toll in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has risen to 746 and 269 respectively

Oman shifts wealth funds into new entity with $17bn assets

All government companies, except Petroleum Development Oman and the nation’s international investments, will fall under the new entity

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 540 cases; Saudi registers 3,045 infections, 36 deaths

The death toll in the UAE and Saudi Arabia has risen to 276 and 712 respectively

Oman Muscat

Expatriate workers in Oman can now switch jobs

Expatriate workers must provide adequate proof of the end of work contract or its termination

coronavirus

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 659 cases; Saudi registers 1,975 infections, 32 deaths

The death toll in Saudi Arabia and the UAE has risen to 611 and 273 respectively

UAE Coronavirus

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi reports 2,171 cases, 30 deaths; Oman registers 738 infections

The death toll in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has risen to 579 and 230 respectively

coronavirus

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 596 cases, 3 deaths; Saudi registers 24 deaths

The death toll in the UAE and Saudi Arabia has risen to 269 and 549 respectively

UAE-HEALTH-VIRUS

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi reports 1,881 cases, 22 deaths; Kuwait registers 8 fatalities

The death toll in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has risen to 525 and 220 respectively

UAE-DUBAI-HEALTH-VIRUS

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 661 cases, 2 deaths; Saudi registers 23 fatalities

The death toll in the UAE and Saudi Arabia has risen to 264 and 503 respectively

coronavirus Covid-19 UAE

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 563 cases; Saudi registers 1,644 cases, 16 deaths

The death toll in the UAE and Kuwait has risen to 258 and 185 respectively

SAUDI-HEALTH-VIRUS

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi registers 1,815 cases, 14 deaths; Kuwait reports 692 infections

The death toll in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has risen to 425 and 175 respectively

Oman Muscat

Oman to lift lockdown in Muscat

On April 10, the authorities announced that Muscat would enter a lockdown through the activation of control checkpoints which was later extended

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi reports 2,642 cases; Kuwait registers 955 infections

The death toll in Saudi Arabia has risen to 364

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi reports 2,532 cases, 12 fatalities; Kuwait registers 1,041 infections

The death toll in the UAE and Kuwait has risen to 351 and 129 respectively

coronavirus

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi reports 2,691 cases; UAE announces 941 infections

The death toll in Saudi Arabia and the UAE has risen to 339 and 233 respectively

UAE Covid-19

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 873 cases; Saudi confirms 2,509 infections

The death toll in the UAE stands at 227 while 26 people in Oman have succumbed to the virus

Oman cuts pay for new civil servants by up to 23%

Oman has resorted to spending cuts to stabilise public finances

GCC Covid-19 update: Saudi reports 2,593 cases; Kuwait announces 6 deaths

Saudi Arabia has registered a total of 57,345 cases since the outbreak

coronavirus covid-19

GCC Covid-19 update: UAE reports 731 cases, Saudi registers 2,736 infections

The death toll in the UAE and Saudi Arabia has risen to 220 and 312 respectively