To help fight coronavirus, Brazilian companies from different sectors turn their plants and expertise to the production of masks, ventilators, and medical coats and shoes.
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The National Confederation of Industry (CNI) expects foreign sales to go down as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
The travel, automobile and textile industries are standing still, but fertilizer and commodities keep being shipped from Brazil.
Government called for the population to consume domestically available products such as hard wheat and authorized the direct sale of flour from the mills to the population.
The airline is using its SkyCargo division and airliners to transport medical supplies and foodstuffs.
Ibrahim Alzeben, Palestine ambassador to Brazil and dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil, believes a global shift towards cooperation will come once the pandemic is over. Arab diplomats in Brasília are in touch with one another online to keep tabs on the situation.
Over the period of isolation, Brazilian museums offer virtual tours, collections and online content. Check out where you can enjoy the Arab culture in Brazil during the period while the institutions remain closed.
Even though two facemask manufacturing facilities have reopened, output is lagging behind demand.
The Steering Committee for the world exhibition set to kick off in October in the UAE is considering moving the event to a later date. The move will be voted on by the Bureau International des Expositions member countries.
Check out the Arab take-out restaurants that delivery in São Paulo during the quarantine.
Brazil’s government announced a line of financing to support enterprises.
Despite the novel coronavirus, the Brazilian poultry company said it exports are ongoing. Beef company Marfrig said its units are operating normally. Minerva, whose activities include food services, put all workers on leave at some of its plants.
Brazil has road closures and refrigerated containers that didn’t return from abroad. Organizations of the productive and logistics sector are coming up with solutions to go on with the food transport from the rural areas to the domestic and foreign market.
Purchases went up 80% for supermarkets, 11% for health products, and 83% for beauty and toiletry items.
