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Does this sound accurate?
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A staggering 70% of businesses in Dubai expect to close their doors within the next six months as the coronavirus pandemic and global lockdowns ravage demand, a survey by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce revealed Thursday. The Chamber surveyed 1,228 CEOs across a range of sectors between April 16 and April 22, during the emirate’s strictest lockdown period. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed were small businesses with fewer than 20 employees. Of the respondents, more than two-thirds saw a moderate-to-high risk of going out of business in the coming six months: 27% said they expected to lose their businesses within the next month, and 43% expect to go out of business within six. |
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In terms of expectations, definitely it is accurate, that is pretty much what the PMI Index does; deal with management expectations.
India's new orders PMI in April was 6, for comparison even during normal recessions, a country's PMI falls to 40 or 42 from a baseline of 50 |
Re: Lockdown
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12856277)
please provide the correct data point.
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QDC will stay shut after Ramadan for the foreseeable.
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Originally Posted by Standanista
(Post 12856714)
QDC will stay shut after Ramadan for the foreseeable.
In an earlier post you made reference to Qatar allowing some selected entry based on project. My understanding is that I might be on such a list, somewhere. Have been asked to supply all possible data and advised application is in process, post eid I'm sure. Let's see. |
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Originally Posted by martinbkk
(Post 12856772)
More a coronavirus thing than the usual Ramadan thing for sure.
In an earlier post you made reference to Qatar allowing some selected entry based on project. My understanding is that I might be on such a list, somewhere. Have been asked to supply all possible data and advised application is in process, post eid I'm sure. Let's see. |
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[QUOTE=DXBtoDOH;12855645. We can also look to the Americans, who have practised a much looser form of social distancing than required in the UK, and their hospitals remained greatly underwhelmed. Even in New York City the hospitals never became overloaded. That suggests a great deal of existing capacity to handle hospitalisation.[/QUOTE]
erm no, the hospital ship docked in NYC was never used as they didn’t take COVID patients and the protocol to admit patients was very cumbersome. NYC hospital capacity was saved through a) deferring a lot of nonCovid treatments b) people not being out and thus not having accidents c) kicking out old people from hospitals back to care homes. Even then ER capacity was massively strained, capacity for elective surgery (nose jobs to more urgent treatments like cancer surgeries) however was very much available in terms of beds, maybe just not medics, and the risk of massive complications if the patients contracted covid in hospital outweighed the risks associated with waiting. The weakness of the US health system is that with high deductibles and the need to pay cash upfront people don’t seek treatment and testing and run around spreading it further as they need a pay check and don’t get sick leave. |
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Domestic travel permitted from Sunday, new curfew hours 8pm till 6 am. Everywhere except Mecca.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1680101/saudi-arabia Hopefully international flights can open up by Haj. |
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https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...06180fcfa6.jpg
Still no confirmation on international flights though. |
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I just finished our weekly office call. Conclusion is that we will go back when we feel ready and not be driven by external influence. Sounds like people want to spend 2 months in their holiday homes.
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Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12858831)
I just finished our weekly office call. Conclusion is that we will go back when we feel ready and not be driven by external influence. Sounds like people want to spend 2 months in their holiday homes.
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Re: Lockdown
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12858831)
I just finished our weekly office call. Conclusion is that we will go back when we feel ready and not be driven by external influence. Sounds like people want to spend 2 months in their holiday homes.
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Re: Lockdown
Originally Posted by martinbkk
(Post 12856772)
In an earlier post you made reference to Qatar allowing some selected entry based on project. My understanding is that I might be on such a list, somewhere. Have been asked to supply all possible data and advised application is in process, post eid I'm sure. Let's see.
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Originally Posted by Standanista
(Post 12859239)
Any luck yet getting a visa and date? I'm hearing that one's company has to submit a list of names to the main sponsor (QP etc), which then goes to MOI for final approval. You can bet there are a lot of requests going in, but I can't see this route being any more than a trickle until infection rates come down.
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No movement in or out of Abu Dhabi Emirate for a week starting tomorrow, just as flights for returning residents begin.
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