Ahmed El Sherif
Lebanon’s Berytech Fab Lab is offering up to a $10,000 grant to five heathtech startups working on a solution that can help combat the current coronavirus pandemic.
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf sets up joint operations room to combat COVID-19
The Gulf Health Council, in coordination with the region’s Ministries of Health, will issue a daily report on confirmed cases, their source, and exchange information on precautionary measures.
IBC Group’s chairman has urged businesses to “set aside the profit motive and collaborate with each other,” as the WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. In the GCC, Qatar currently has the highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 to date.
The UAE’s ministry of health is working with one of the country’s top telecom operators to set up the region’s first virtual hospital, it has emerged.
Amal Glass is using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help thousands of blind and visually-impaired individuals in the region.