Dubai announces new economic support package, worth over $400 million

Dubai has announced a new package to help the economy cope with the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, worth 1.5 billion dirhams ($408 million), the crown prince of the emirate, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al-Maktoum, said on Twitter on Saturday.The package is the third announced by Dubai, the second-largest and wealthiest member of the United Arab Emirates federation.The three packages are worth a total of 6.3 billion dirhams, Sheikh Hamdan said.