Bahrain is the next stop for organic cosmetics brand Liht Organics, which sees the kingdom as a critical step on its way to a billion-dollar company in five years. The two-year-old Singaporean beauty label is planning to launch in the kingdom during the first quarter of next year, Nerissa Low, the founder, and chief executive […]
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is organizing the 14th Health and Safety Week from 21st to 27th November. This is part of its efforts to promote a culture of health and safety within society, WAM states. The Week features innovative virtual interactive activities and educational games for school and university students to help them […]
Total US deaths from COVID may reach 1 million by spring as vaccination rates remain lower than 60%, The Guardian states. Activists, many of who brought ashes of relatives who died from COVID, gather outside the US Capitol to call for action to prevent future pandemics. A steep rise in COVID-19 cases in Europe should […]
Microsoft founder Billionaire Bill Gates believes that by mid-2022, mortality and morbidity of COVID-19 may fall below the level of seasonal flu. This will happen if new dangerous strains do not appear by then. Gates stated this at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore. He noted that natural and vaccine immunity, as well as […]
Public transport is the most eco-friendly component of the urban environment, as it can significantly reduce the “carbon footprint” of a city dweller and save resources – there is no need to use a private car. In 2020, a pandemic and accompanying lockdowns dealt a powerful blow to municipal transport. How are things going after […]
A biotechnology company from Singapore has developed a genuinely vegan cheese from protein flour and microalgae. It can be eaten solid or melted, and it tastes like cheddar. Singapore’s Sophie’s BioNutrients creates food products that focus on green production. In mid-November, they announced that they had developed a nutrient-rich cheese made from photosynthetic microalgae, completely […]
The seventh Dubai International Nutrition Congress (DINC) started on November 4 under the theme, “Challenges, Resilience and Sustainability in Nutrition”. The three-day congress is taking place in a hybrid format in Dubai. Organized by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), in cooperation with Index Conferences and Exhibitions and certain regional and international organisations, the DINC aims […]
World Health Organisation’s (WHO) deputy director-general Sowmya Viswanathan had hinted at the fact earlier this year that COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 would transform from being a pandemic into an endemic disease, commented the English language daily ‘Gulf Today.’ Other medical experts, especially from Western countries, are talking about it now. As the outbreak of COVID-19 in […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Europe, Hans Kluge, described the condition for declaring the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world. This applies to the world system and the elementary disregard for rules and misinformation. Conditions for the end of the pandemic “We have to learn to live with […]
Pfizer showed COVID-19 cure. In clinical trials, an antiviral drug has been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization by 89%. The company promises to provide all documents to the US regulator by the end of November. The American company Pfizer stated that the anti-coronavirus pill created by its specialists reduces the risk of death […]
