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Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister, Essam bin Abdullah Khalaf, on Wednesday issued an edict on reducing municipal fees for 151 Bahraini families living in rented houses for the months of April and May 2021. Khalaf said that the edict is in line with the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to alleviate the burden of living on the citizens, and within the framework of the Cabinet’s decision to deal with the citizens who live in rentals and home owners on equal par regarding municipal fees. The minister…

A 48-year-old male, Hussein Ahmed Issa Barakat, has died this morning at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC), following infection with COVID-19. The serving inmate was being treated at SMC under the supervision and care of the Ministry of Health. His condition required his placement on a respirator in recent days. A review of the deceased’s medical records has confirmed that he was vaccinated in February and March this year. In accordance with COVID-19 procedures for inmates, the deceased was isolated following a positive COVID-19 test and placed under the care of the Ministry of Health prior to his transfer to the…

Bahrain extends precautionary measures until June 25 The National Medical Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19), headed by the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Health, HE Lieutenant-General Dr. Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, has extended COVID-19 precautionary measures until June 25, 2021. The decision was made following thorough analysis of data analytic trends as well as obtaining the Government Executive Committee’s approval. Precautionary measures are beginning to have an impact and reduce COVID-19 daily case numbers but the downward trend of case numbers needed to be maintained. The Taskforce noted that activities will gradually resume, based on the data, after…

Pfizer says it is expanding testing of its COVID-19 vaccine in children younger than 12. After a first-step study in a small number of young children to test different doses, Pfizer is ready to enroll about 4,500 young volunteers at more than 90 sites in the U.S., Finland, Poland and Spain. The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech already is authorized for emergency use in anyone 12 and older in the U.S. and European Union. Enrollment of 5- to 11-year-olds began this week. Those youngsters will receive two vaccine doses of 10 micrograms each — a third…

French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the southeast of France. In a video circulating on social media, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l’Hermitage outside the city of Valence. A man slaps Mr Macron in the face before officers quickly move in. The president, meanwhile, is rushed away. Two men have been arrested in the wake of the incident, according to French media. https://youtu.be/Uy51IOsMtbE As the president is slapped, the words “Down with Macron-ism” are shouted. Politicians have swiftly denounced the incident. Far-left leader…

Multiple major websites went offline briefly on Tuesday after an apparent outage at the cloud service company Fastly, and there were still reports of sporadic disruptions after the company patched the problem about an hour later. Dozens of sites including the New York Times, CNN, Twitch, Reddit, the Guardian, and the U.K. government’s home page, could not be reached, AP reported. San Francisco-based Fastly acknowledged a problem just before 1000 GMT. It said in repeated updates on its website that it was “continuing to investigate the issue.” About an hour later, the company said: “The issue has been identified and…

The National Medical Taskforce for Combating COVID-19), headed by the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Health, HE Lieutenant-General Dr. Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, has extended COVID-19 precautionary measures until June 25, 2021. The decision was made following thorough analysis of data analytic trends as well as obtaining the Government Executive Committee’s approval. Precautionary measures are beginning to have an impact and reduce COVID-19 daily case numbers but the downward trend of case numbers needed to be maintained and therefore: Under current orders, the following activities remain restricted to all in-person activities: • Shopping malls and commercial shops…

India to give adults free COVID shots after bungled vaccine rollout India will provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all adults, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, in an effort to rein in a pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands and led to the world’s second-highest tally of infections. Modi’s announcement on national television came after weeks of criticism of a bungled vaccine rollout that has covered fewer than 5% of India’s estimated adult population of 950 million. Health experts have warned that vaccination is the only way to protect lives from a third wave of infections after a…

The General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security announced on Sunday the arrest of an Asian woman, 41, with International Red Notice issued against her by the Interpol Organisation over human trafficking charges, including illegal profit in cooperation with outside Bahrain partners. The International Affairs and the Interpol Directorate and the Investigation Directorate have cooperated for the woman’s arrest as part of the fight against organized and cross-border crimes. A team was formed to investigate received information, take legal proceedings and refer the suspect to the judiciary authority to be handed over to the concerned country.

Ghotki: A collision between two passenger express trains in southern Pakistan killed at least 30 people on Monday, and the death toll was likely to rise as rescuers were still trying to access several mangled coaches, a police official told media. The accident in the Ghotki district of the southern Sindh province occurred after the coaches of one train, the Millat Express, derailed and fell across the opposite track, where they were hit by another train, the Sir Syed Express, a spokesperson for Pakistan Railways said in a statement, according to Reuters. At least 30 dead had been transported to surrounding hospitals,…