Tuesday, 31 March

BAHRAIN BUSINESS NEWS

Hotels turned into isolation facilities

Citizens urged to follow virus rules

BeAware app ‘will track cases’

MPs approve legislation to withdraw money from Unemployment Fund

Measures to strengthen economy, support jobs being drawn up

Bahrain’s virus battle praised

Food dealers cautioned against raising prices

MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITE

Check out the website of the Ministry of Health for the official updates regarding the evolution of COVID-19 in Bahrain

WORLD BUSINESS NEWS

European economic sentiment tumbles in early March

Airbnb to pay hosts $250 million for COVID-19 cancellations

Britain orders 10,000 ventilators from F1, aerospace consortium

S Korea to pay families to ease Covid-19 blow

E-commerce firms to resume services, but short on delivery executives

Oil price plunges to 17-year low amid price war, glut

G20 trade ministers to focus on free, fair trade in pandemic response

Ineos to build third hand sanitizer plant in France in 10 days

MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS NEWS

Move to postpone Dubai expo backed

Dubai launches Secure Together rapid response service for elderly

Saudi Arabia plans to increase oil exports to 10.6mn bpd in May

Sheikh Mohammed orders more Covid-19 test centres

Saudi Arabia has sufficient stocks of essential goods to meet market needs

LuLu teams up with delivery apps for faster services

FRANCE BUSINESS NEWS

France uses army helicopters to ferry critical virus patients abroad

France urges companies to not pay dividends

French firms request 3.8 billion euros in state-guaranteed loans: minister

France to seek debt moratorium for the most fragile countries