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Anti-vaccine protesters took to the streets in Johannesburg on Wednesday to voice their concern over Africa’s first human trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine. Last Wednesday, the University of the Witwatersrand in partnership with Oxford University rolled out South Africa’s first clinical trial, which will consist of 2,000 volunteers. The involvement of South Africa in vaccine trials is intended to ensure the continent will have access to an affordable vaccine and not be left at the back of the queue. About 50 people held protests at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, saying they did not want Africans to…

Geetha Sridhar never used to enter her kitchen in Mumbai without her smartphone. The 54-year-old homemaker used to post dozens of short videos daily on the Chinese video app TikTok, mostly of herself cooking traditional recipes. With 1 million TikTok followers, she earned an average 50,000 rupees ($662) a month from companies who paid her to use their products. For thousands of Indian content creators like Sridhar, TikTok was a window into fame and fortune. But on Tuesday, the app, owned by China’s ByteDance, went blank on phones across India after the government banned it along with 58 other Chinese-origin…

Bahrain has announced the death of a 67-year-old male citizen from coronavirus. So far the total has reached up to 92. It’s the fifth death recorded today. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. The total cases have driven to 26,758 of which 21,331 have recovered, which means that over 79 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,335 active cases. Also, there are 86 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 46 are in a critical condition. So far the country has conducted 554,239 tests, as per the government statics.

The Saudi-led coalition has started a military operation against the Yemeni Houthi movement after it stepped up cross-border missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, state television reported on Wednesday. In Yemen, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported coalition air strikes on the capital Sanaa, Marib, al-Jouf, al-Bayda, Hajjah and Saada provinces on Wednesday. The coalition, which has been battling the Iran-aligned movement for five years, will hold a news conference on the operation against Houthi targets that aims to neutralise its military capabilities, Al-Ekhbariya channel and Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV said. Last week, Houthi fighters fired missiles that reached the…

The United Arab Emirates is seeking to verify the credentials of the Pakistani pilots and engineers employed in its airlines after the South Asian government grounded 262 pilots for holding “dubious” qualifications. Pakistan grounded the pilots on June 26 on suspicion that they allegedly falsified their examinations to qualify for flying aircraft, leading to them having licenses the country’s aviation minister termed “dubious. A total of 262 of the country’s 860 pilots were affected, including 141 of national carrier Pakistan International Airline’s (PIA) pilots. The Director-General of the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi requested the verification…

Saudi Arabia has reported 3,402 new cases and 49 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 194,225. The death toll raised to 1,698 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 1,994 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 132,760. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases are in Riyadh (401), followed by Dammam (283) and Al Hofuf (229). https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1278306149838786561?s=20

Bahrain has announced the death of a 62-year-old male citizen from coronavirus. So far the total has reached up to 91. It’s the fourth death recorded today. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. ♦ About half of the population tested, confirms Jameela Al-Salman ♦ Bahrain gives utmost safety for health workers ♦ Making the COVID-19 cases zero is not a miracle, but an achievement: Al-Qahtani The total cases have driven to 26,758 of which 21,331 have recovered, which means that over 79 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,336 active cases. Also, there…

The provincial police directorates recorded 8,374 violations of non-mask wearing in the public places, since the implementation of the decision. The Northern Governorate Police Directorate recorded 2563 violations, while the Capital Governorate Police Directorate recorded 1,800 and Muharraq Governorate Police Directorate 1817 violations compared to 1284 violations recorded by the Southern Governorate Police Directorate. Meanwhile, the Operations Department headed by General Security recorded 837 violations, and the General Administration of Ports Security recorded 73 violations. Thousands of dinars have been collected from people who have failed to wear masks in public places. The kingdom has registered over 26,000 cases and…

Kuwait has reported 745 new coronavirus cases, of which 434 are citizens, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 46,940, according to the Ministry of Health. 4 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 358. 685 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 37,715. Kuwait has done 4,150 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test more people and detect cases early, according to the health ministry. So far, the country has conducted…

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