‘A whole new world is waiting for us’

While we are very much still in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, is ensuring Dubai is also thinking about life post-pandemic.

During a virtual cabinet meeting held by His Highness on Sunday, May 3, he instructed ministers, council members and experts to start developing a strategy in order to re-establish economic stability in the country in both the short-term and long-term.

Similarly His Highness also stressed the importance to increase the level of productivity and competitiveness of the medical industry sector across the nation after the COVID-19 pandemic.

“A whole new world is waiting for us and this new world needs new tools and new priorities,” Sheikh Mohammed said, adding that the UAE “will be ready” for life post-pandemic and that the nation “will recover very soon”.

His Highness also noted how “national priorities need to be reviewed” in order to be able to deal with life after the global pandemic.

“Our financial and human resources need to be redirected to strengthen our medical, food and economic security through new programmes and project,” he explained. “Preparing for the post COVID-19 is preparing for a new future that no one predicted a few months ago.

“New teams are required to work faster, more thoroughly and more responsively to the fast-changing daily developments.”

In addition, His Highness said in order to pinpoint key development goals for post-pandemic life, “intensive government meetings will be held”.

– For more about Dubai’s lifestyle, news and fashion scene follow Emirates Woman on Facebook and Instagram.

Feature Image: Sheikh Mohammed Twitter