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Bahrain has announced the death of a 83-year-old female citizen from coronavirus, the total death toll reached 72. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. The total cases have driven to 24,081 of which 18,501 have recovered, which means that over 76 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,508 active cases. Also, there are 136 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 38 are in a critical condition. So far the country has conducted 511,458 tests, as per the government statics.

Emirates will be offering scheduled flights for passengers from seven additional cities in the month of July. These include Khartoum (from 03 July), Amman (from 05 July), Osaka (from 07 July), Narita (from 08 July), Athens (from 15 July), Larnaca (from 15 July) and Rome (15 July). This takes the total number of destinations that Emirates is offering to 48, facilitating additional travel options through a convenient connection in Dubai for customers across the world, while undertaking extensive measures to ensure the health and safety of customers and employees. ♦ Emirates will have to review strategy after coronavirus pandemic: COO Customers…

The World Health Organization-led coalition fighting the coronavirus needs $31.3 billion over the next 12 months to develop and roll out tests, treatments and vaccines, it said on Friday. It said $3.4 billion had been contributed to date, leaving a funding gap of $27.9 billion, of which $13.7 billion was “urgently needed”. The WHO initiative aims to scale up delivery of 500 million tests and 245 million courses of treatments to low- and middle-income countries by mid-2021, it said in a statement. It also aims to scale up delivery of 2 billion vaccines doses, including 1 billion to be bought…

UAE records 410 cases, and 2 fatalities from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total cases in the country to 46,973, according to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). The new death takes the total fatalities to 310. 304 new recoveries were also announced, bringing the total recoveries to 35,469. This means over 73 percent of the confirmed cases have fully recovered from the virus. The new cases were found after conducting more than 49,000 coronavirus tests across the country.

Saudi Arabia has reported 3,938 new cases and 46 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 174,577. The death toll raised to 1,474 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 2,589 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 120,471. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases were in Dammam (346), followed by Al Hofuf (332) and Al Mubarraz (294 ). https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1276493648109146113?s=20

An autistic British teenager who threw a six-year-old French boy from a 10th-floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery in London with the intention of killing him was jailed for 15 years on Friday and told he might never be freed. Jonty Bravery, who was 17 at the time of the incident and told police he carried out the act because he wanted to be on the television news, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder last December. The unnamed victim, who was visiting Britain with his family, fell 100 feet (30 metres) after he was targeted…

Kuwait has reported 915 new coronavirus cases, the majority of the cases are from citizens which is 492, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 43,703, according to the Ministry of Health. 2 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 341. 602 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 33,969. ♦ Sports activities in Kuwait to resume as coronavirus restrictions ease Kuwait has done 3,774 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test…

While China moved closer to containing a fresh outbreak in Beijing, the coronavirus took a stronger hold elsewhere, including the United States, where surging infections across southern states have highlighted the risks of reopening economies without effective treatment or vaccines. Another record daily increase in India on Friday pushed the country’s caseload toward half a million, and other countries with large populations like Indonesia, Pakistan and Mexico grappled with large caseloads and strained health care systems. South Africa, which accounts for about half of the infections on the African continent with 118,375, reported a record 6,579 new cases, as transmissions…

Oman has registered 9 deaths and 1,132 new cases of coronavirus, most of the new cases are from citizens by 639 and the rest 493 from foreigners, taking the total cases to 36,034. The death toll reached 153 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 962 new recoveries were announced, bringing the total to 19,482. 4,013 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, across the sultanate. https://twitter.com/OmaniMOH/status/1276440574065860608?s=20

Bahrain has reported 511 new cases of coronavirus, among 320 expatriate workers, 190 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 1 is travel-related, after conducting over 8,600 additional COVID-19 tests on Thursday. The death toll stands at 71, as 3 new deaths were reported in the kingdom. Meanwhile, 524 additional recoveries from COVID-19 were reported. ♦ 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 24,081 of which 18,501 have recovered, which means that over…