CWEIC Strategic Partner YTL Group is providing complimentary online resources and free data to all students in government schools across Malaysia, so they are not deprived of education during the movement control order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19. YTL is giving free access to FrogAsia’s online learning resources and free data. This is… Continue reading YTL offers free e-learning and mobile data for school students
CWEIC Strategic Partner and Healthcare-technology company TPP recently deployed COVID-19 solutions to the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority. BVIHSA are up and running with a country-wide patient app available for all citizens to record their symptom data and receive targeting public health information. TPP have also gone Live with EMR system for clinicians triaging,… Continue reading TPP deploy Covid-19 solutions to the British Virgin Islands
CWEIC were delighted to host our first Virtual Advisory Council Meeting on Tuesday 14 April 2020. Through this challenging period created by the COVID-19 global pandemic, CWEIC remains committed to our Strategic Partners and providing a network to support business across the Commonwealth. The Virtual Advisory Council Meeting is the first in a series of… Continue reading CWEIC hosts first Virtual Global Advisory Council Meeting
Sime Darby Property, one of CWEIC’s Strategic Partners in Malaysia, is providing streamlined support during the COVID-19 pandemic with a donation allocation over RM5.3mil ($1.2 million USD). Sime Darby Property and its philanthropic arm Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) have rolled out various initiatives to assist the frontliners and community at large during the COVID-19 pandemic.… Continue reading Sime Darby Property provide streamlined support in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic
This article was written by Tom Chivers and originally posted on UnHerd here. We need antibody testing. Everyone agrees with that — the question is how it can be done. There are two main kinds of test for Covid-19: PCR tests which tell us who has the disease right now; and antibody or serological… Continue reading Story Showcase From UnHerd: How far away are ‘immunity passports’?
One of CWEIC Strategic Partners in Gibraltar, Toyota Gibraltar Stockholdings LTD (TGS), part of the Bassadone Automotive Group (BAG) has shipped the first of its Covid-19 ambulance orders. ENABEL, a Belgium government agency ordered 4 Toyota Landcruiser ambulances from TGS. The specialist ambulances have been airlifted to the Democratic Republic of Congo to strengthen… Continue reading Bassadone Automotive Group ships the first of its Covid-19 ambulance orders
HSBC and Standard Chartered said on Thursday that their top executives would waive their bonuses this year and donate part of their salaries to helping fight the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement said they would forgo their bonuses for 2020 and donate part of their salaries to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. HSBC said its… Continue reading CWEIC Strategic Partners HSBC & Standard Chartered cut executive pay amid coronavirus fallout
The whole of Malaysia is currently under the Movement Control Order (MCO) that has been in place since the 18th of March and will continue till the 14th of April 2020. In recent weeks, the restrictions under the MCO have become tighter, to include: shorter operating hours for supermarkets, restaurants (now food preparation outlets), pharmacies,… Continue reading Country Hub Update: Malaysia
CWEIC sends our best wishes to Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as he continues to receive treatment for coronavirus in intensive care. Our thoughts are with his family and we wish him a full and speedy recovery, and look forward to seeing him back in Number 10 soon.
Ghana is presently on lockdown. This began on Monday the 30th of March 2020 and should last until the end of April. Prior to the lockdown, Ghana closed its borders on 22nd March 2020. As of Tuesday 7th April, 1, 287 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded, with 5 deaths. Over a 1000 people (mainly… Continue reading CWEIC Country Hub Update: Ghana
