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Stranded Odias had a great sigh of relief as Air India issued the tickets for the second Vande Bharat Mission flight to Bhubaneswar, the temple city of India. Rasmi Ranjan Sia, a stranded migrant worker from Odisha had been unemployed in the Kingdom for the past four months. He was unable to return home on the first Vande Bharat Mission flight to Bhubaneswar as he had not received his final dues from his employer. “I have been stranded away from home for far too long. My colleagues and I were in despair until Dr. Arun Kumar Praharaj informed us about…

Oman has registered nine deaths and 1,210 new cases of coronavirus, of which the majority of the case are from citizens by 939 and the rest 271 from foreigners, taking the total cases to 50,207. The death toll reached 233 after reporting the new deaths. ♦ Oman to launch nationwide COVID-19 survey from July 12 Meanwhile, 1,005 new recoveries were announced, bringing the total to 32,005. 3,987 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, across the sultanate. So far the 221,181 COVID-19 tests have been conducted. Oman has decided to toughen penalties against COVID-19 violators. This may include publishing the names…

Kuwait has reported 762 new coronavirus cases, of which 501 are citizens, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 52,007, according to the Ministry of Health. 2 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 379. Kuwait has the world’s 32nd highest number of coronavirus infections just below UAE. 593 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 42,108. Kuwait has done 4,344 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test more people and detect cases early,…

Bahrain has reported 500 new cases of coronavirus, among 303 expatriate workers, 191 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 6 are travel related, after conducting over 9,200 additional COVID-19 tests on Tuesday. The death toll stands at 98, as no new death was reported in the kingdom. Meanwhile, 392 additional recoveries from COVID-19 were reported. The total cases have driven to 30,321 of which 25,570 have recovered, which means that over 84 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 4,653 active cases. Also, there are 58 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 60 are…

More than four dozen hospitals in Florida reported that their intensive care units (ICUs) have reached full capacity on Tuesday as COVID-19 cases surge in the state and throughout the country. Hospital ICUs were full at 54 hospitals across 25 of Florida’s 67 counties, according to data published on Tuesday morning by the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration. More than 300 hospitals were included in the report, but not all had adult ICUs. Thirty hospitals reported that their ICUs were more than 90% full. Statewide, only 17% of the total 6,010 adult ICU beds were available on Tuesday, down…

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The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people. “We have been talking about the possibility of airborne transmission and aerosol transmission as one of the modes of transmission of COVID-19,” Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead on the COVID-19 pandemic at the WHO, told a news briefing. The WHO has previously said the virus that causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease spreads primarily through small droplets expelled from the nose and mouth…

In Dubai’s Atlantis resort, at the head of a palm tree-shaped island, workers in face masks clean cushions, sofas and king-size beds in luxury suites that have largely been vacant since the coronavirus pandemic. The resort and seven other hotels in the regional tourism hub contacted by Reuters are seeing business pick up as Dubai reopened to foreign visitors on Tuesday, but do not expect a significant increase before the fourth quarter of 2020. “Bookings have started to increase,” Tim Kelly, managing director at Atlantis Dubai, said, adding he expected a “solid” fourth quarter for the resort, known for its…

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 aims to provide jobs for around one million Saudi women by the year 2030, according to Mishaal Al-Balawi, an official at the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in Geneva. He underscored the importance of the role of women in strengthening the Kingdom’s economy, saying that women enjoy protection and empowerment with access to a large share of reforms and developments witnessed by the Kingdom, especially in the employment market. Al-Balawi, head of the human rights division at the Kingdom’s mission, made the remarks while attending the discussion on a report of the…