Author: News Desk

The Civil Aviation Affairs on Sunday announced the suspension of entry for travellers arriving from red list countries, namely; India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, on all flights starting Monday, 24 May 2021. Bahraini citizens and residency visa holders are not subject to the suspension but will have to present an approved PCR test certificate conducted no more than 48 hours prior to boarding and undertake another PCR test on arrival and on the tenth day of stay. In addition, citizens and residency visa holders must quarantine for ten days at their residence or at a licensed quarantine facility…

21 people were killed when extremely cold weather struck during an ultramarathon in rugged Gansu province in northwestern China, sparking public outrage on Sunday over the lack of contingency planning. The 100-km (62-mile) race began on Saturday from a scenic area at a bend in the Yellow River known for its sheer cliffs and rock columns. The route would take runners through canyons and hills on an arid plateau at an elevation of over 1,000 metres (3,300 feet). The race kicked off 9 a.m. (0100 GMT) with runners clad in t-shirts and shorts under overcast skies, according to photographs posted…

The Ministry of Health has shut down 5 restaurants for one week for violating the mandatory precautionary measures for combating COVID-19. The Public Health Directorate also took measures aagainst 53 others which were found in breach of the health protocols and mandatory precautionary measures. VIDEO: Dr. Jameela Al Salman clarifies on Black Fungus disease Bahrain remains best place for expats to live and work in the Gulf: Survey The Ministry of Health conducted 190 inpection visits to restaurants and cafes on Friday, in coordination with the Ministry of Interior and the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA). The restaurants which were…

SURVEY: Bahrain remains best place for expats to live and work in the Gulf Bahrain remains the best place in the Gulf region for expats to live and work despite the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest InterNations Expat Insider survey. The 2021 survey, which samples key indices related to things like quality of life and cost of living, ranks Bahrain ahead of Qatar, the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The InterNations survey showed Bahrain ranked highly across key indicators including quality of medical care, political stability, ease of settling in and job satisfaction. Just over 80 percent of expats…

At the press conference held by the National Taskforce for Combating the COVID-19, about the importance of implementing precautionary measures to avoid rising cases. Dr. Jameela Al Salman answered for Starvision News regarding the preventive measures taken to avoid the spread of black fungus. ​Dr. Jameela explained briefly about the Black fungus disease and symptoms. https://youtu.be/c6aI6CfYHNQ National Taskforce head said citizens and nationals to implement the precautionary measures at all stages for their own and their family safety and requested to continue to collaborate and support the campaign by following precautionary measures and avoiding family gatherings. Also mentioned this is…

Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science (CID) on Friday announced that only vaccinated above 18 applicants who completed 14 days after the second dose and recovered individuals can enter its offices after showing the green COVID-19 vaccination certificate in the BeAware Bahrain app. Bahrain remains best place for expats to live and work in the Gulf: Survey NPRA announces new entry measures The rules apply for the CID’s two service centres at the Muharraq Security Complex and the General Directorate of Traffic building. The applicants should book appointments through Skiplino to ensure their safety.

Bahrain remains the best place in the Gulf region for expats to live and work despite the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest InterNations Expat Insider survey. The 2021 survey, which samples key indices related to things like quality of life and cost of living, ranks Bahrain ahead of Qatar, the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The InterNations survey showed Bahrain ranked highly across key indicators including quality of medical care, political stability, ease of settling in and job satisfaction. Just over 80 percent of expats in Bahrain are happy with medical care quality, compared with 71 percent globally…

Japan formally approved Moderna and AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines on Friday. The decision comes just over two months before the pandemic-postponed Olympics, with growing disquiet in Japan about the country’s comparatively slow vaccine rollout. Nine regions including Tokyo are already under a virus state of emergency, with the measure now being expanded to Okinawa in the south. Until now, only the Pfizer-BioNTech was available in Japan, after being approved in February, and so far just two percent of the country’s 125 million residents are fully vaccinated. In a statement, the health ministry said the two additional formulas had been approved. But…

A new type of coronavirus believed to have originated in dogs was detected among patients hospitalized with pneumonia in 2017-2018, and maybe the eighth unique coronavirus known to cause disease in humans if it is confirmed as a pathogen, a study said. Researchers in the study, published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal on Thursday, said their findings underscored the public health threat of animal coronaviruses. The researchers said they had tested nasal swab samples taken from 301 pneumonia patients at a hospital in the east Malaysian state of Sarawak. Eight of the samples, mostly from children under 5 years…

Microsoft is pulling the plug on its once omnipresent browser, Internet Explorer, next year as it prepares to battle market leader Chrome with its slicker Edge browser. Launched in 1995, Internet Explorer became the dominant browser for over a decade as it was bundled with Microsoft’s Windows operating system that came pre-installed in billions of computers. The browser, however, started losing out to Google’s Chrome in the late 2000s and has become a subject of countless internet memes for its sluggishness in comparison to its rivals. https://youtu.be/Dc_PAIeI_U0 To compete better, Microsoft launched the Edge browser in 2015 that runs on…