Hong Kong continues to take random tests on imports of chilled and frozen foods and their packaging for the COVID-19 virus.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in commodity prices globally, Egypt succeeded in maintaining inflation rates within the Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE’s) target range of 7 percent (±2 percent) in 2021, at a time when many countries of the world are witnessing a wave of high inflation.
Beginning on April 1, 2021, the Government of Algeria (GoA) again extended the confinement measures through mid-April 2021
In 2020, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic U.S. exports fell by 22 percent or $420 million to the Gulf Cooperation Council 4 (GCC-4)...
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Poland: COVID-19 Outbreak on Polish Mink Farm

On January 30, 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) announced an outbreak of COVID-19 on a fur farm with 5,800 mink in the Pomerania province’s Kartuzy county.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the Polish poultry industry to the brink of crisis. Demand for Polish poultry meat among Western European hotel, restaurant, and institutional (HRI) stakeholders...
The suddenness of the COVID-19 outbreak caught Israel unprepared in many aspects.
The Government of Poland (GOP) introduced strict social distancing measures including closure of borders, limiting commercial air traffic, and restricting cross-border rail travel.
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Algeria: COVID-19 - Agriculture Situation

Algeria’s first case of COVID -19 was reported on February 26, 2020. The Official number of cases as of April 10, 2020 is 1,761, with 256 deaths and 405 recovered.
On March 15, 2020, Qatar's Crisis Management Committee within the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) implemented a stimulus package to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on economic...
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Morocco: Coronavirus- Morocco Limits Foreign Visits

On Thursday March 5, 2020, the government of Morocco issued a circular intended to limit the spread of Corona virus.