Ahmed El Sherif

Guard Sanitizing Gate is a walk-through offering that features an automatic 360-degree disinfection barrier that reportedly kills 99.9% of germs and viruses.

Themed "Coders versus Corona," a total of $50,000 is up for grabs by five teams that are able to present ideas that can mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through the use of technology.

The automated platform works by reading and collecting patient data, with minimal manual input, thereby accelerating the screening process.

The Abu Dhabi Health Workforce Management System allows clinical staff from across the UAE to volunteer their services, or apply to work, in the healthcare sector during the current outbreak of COVID-19.

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.

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.