UAE gives employers options over workers as coronavirus takes toll on business – Arabnews

UAE gives employers options over workers as coronavirus takes toll on business – Arabnews

The UAE has offered private companies options to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.. Lebanon's coronavirus crisis spurs race to tackle looming ventilator shortage /node/1650706/middle-east. Suddenly, across the Arab region people face a choice between waiting and watching, or doing something on their own before coronavirus cases overwhelm their country's health system.. In Lebanon, several groups of people have taken the second option.. "We might not be capable of serving everyone in hospitals, but there's a possibility of manufacturing the machine " Hassan, who holds a Ph.D. in engineering from IMT Atlantique in France, told Arab News.. Once the team has fabricated a successful prototype, ramping up production to meet the shortage of ventilators should not be a problem, he added. ". Another Lebanese innovator who is not counting on divine providence is Jad Berro, who said it became obvious to him about two weeks ago that the coronavirus pandemic was not going to spare Lebanon.. "Lacking enough medical information at the time on mechanical ventilation, the general thought was that something simple could solve the imminent problem of ventilator shortage," he told Arab News.. Reports say about 880,000 more ventilators will be needed to deal with the demand caused