As the spread of the COVID-19 virus continues, with a noticeable increase in cases, some media companies in the United Arab Emirates — such as Al Aan TV, Bloomberg Alsharq, and Alhurra — have taken a number of sanitary precautionary measures. For example, they carry out daily examinations to measure the body temperature of employees upon arrival to the office. They are also trying to send more employees to work from home to reduce crowded offices, when possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zee Entertainment Middle East, which is located in Dubai Media City, asked all their employees to work remotely after shipping them their work desktops home. Additionally, they created an electronic system and server that accommodates files and documents exchanged remotely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe\u00a0decision\u00a0to work remotely\u00a0was enforced\u00a0to protect\u00a0all the\u00a0employees\u00a0as\u00a0their safety is the\u00a0company\u2019s only concern,\u201d\u00a0Dina Almansi,\u00a0director of the multimedia editing department at Zee, said\u00a0in an exclusive interview.\u00a0\u201cAfter sending\u00a0the\u00a0employees to work\u00a0from home, on\u00a0March 15, 2020,\u00a0a noticeable trend of increased\u00a0efficiency and productivity\u00a0was observed,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taghrid Tayib, Zee multimedia editor, agrees with that.\u00a0\u201cWorking remotely is very comfortable and enjoyable, and the\u00a0company\u00a0constantly\u00a0communicates with us and all managers\u00a0to keep us\u00a0connected and informed,” she said in a phone interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bloomberg Alsharq decided to send about 100 employees to work from home. \u201cThis is due to the fact that the TV channel has not launched yet, and tremendous work is needed to have a successful start. Therefore, the company is trying to create a balance between the general situation that threatens the health of employees and its goal of the launch,\u201d said field journalist Dina Fayyad. She explained that the company sent the majority of employees to work from home, while some managers were asked to continue to go to the office as this was necessary to make sure work continued uninterrupted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rama\u00a0Hudhaifa,\u00a0a\u00a0documentary film producer, said\u00a0that she had been\u00a0working with\u00a0the\u00a0Middle East\u00a0team to produce a new documentary that was\u00a0meant\u00a0to be\u00a0shot\u00a0outside the country when the coronavirus outbreak started.\u00a0After flights were canceled,\u00a0\u201cthe documentary department\u00a0had\u00a0to stop\u00a0working on the project, and\u00a0instead\u00a0work on new ideas that can\u00a0be carried out\u00a0during the current situation,\u201d\u00a0Hudhaifa\u00a0said. She explained that\u00a0she now works from home to\u00a0\u201cwrite new ideas,\u00a0do research\u00a0while ensuring connections are maintained\u00a0with\u00a0all members of the department.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is important to note that COVID-19 is continuing to spread and that it is essential for everyone to abide\u00a0by all government decisions. The\u00a0U.A.E. is making\u00a0great\u00a0efforts to limit\u00a0the virus\u2019\u00a0spread, control it, treat the injured immediately and isolate them. All this is done in the hope to maintain everyone\u2019s safety and to prevent further damage to the economy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translated by: Farah Mohamed <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edited by: Raseel Amr
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