Thousands of students in the UAE back to remote learning

About this episode

The episode discusses the return to remote learning in the UAE due to missile alerts and a virus outbreak, alongside updates on Dubai Metro and a heroic rescue story.

With missile and drone alerts resume in the UAE due to Iran's attacks, we look at the situation with schools as students are back to distance learning this week. A suspected virus outbreak on a cruise ship leaves a number of people dead. We ask how concerned travellers should be and what we need to know about hantavirus. We look at Dubai Metro's Blue and Gold lines today on the show - with Blue line tunnelling now officially underway and what Gold line's effect is in the property market. ‘Make it in the Emirates’ is back, we speak with one company involved in steel operations. And we speak to the hero guide who carried an injured hiker for three hours to safety.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• remote learning
• UAE education
• health concerns
• Dubai Metro developments
• steel operations
• heroic acts

Keywords

• remote learning
• UAE
• hantavirus
• Dubai Metro
• steel operations
• hero guide
• virus outbreak
• missile alerts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dubai Metro, Make it in the Emirates

Places: UAE

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