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Oman Royal Hospital have recovered an 85-year-old man and his 79-year-old wife after being infected with COVID-19. The Directorate-General of Health Services in Muscat said in a statement on Friday. MOH also reported that 710 patients recovered from COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, taking the total recoveries from the disease to 13,794 in Oman. Also Read: RHF donates 10,000 multi-use masks to Interior Ministry Saudi Arabia records 4,301 new cases, as total surpassed 150,000 Kuwait confirms 5 deaths, 604 new cases

The Royal Humanitarian Foundation (RHF) has donated 10,000 high-quality multi-use masks produced by its affiliate productive families to the Interior Ministry. The move is in line with the recommendations of the “Feena Khair” Campain’s Coordination Committee, which is in charge of distributing aid. The RHF’s Secretary-General and the Coordination Committee Chairman, Dr. Mustafa Al-Sayed Al-Ameen, said that the initiative aims to support the national efforts to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister. It is also in line with the…

Saudi Arabia has reported 4,301 new cases and 45 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 150,292. The death toll raised to 1,184 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 1,849 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 95,764. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases were in the capital Riyadh (1,091), followed by Al Hofuf (430) and Jeddah (384). https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1273957928542879745?s=20 Also Read: Kuwait confirms 5 deaths, 604 new cases Coronavirus already in Italy by December: Waste Water Study Blood type, genes tied to risk of severe COVID-19: Study

Kuwait has reported 604 new coronavirus cases, the majority of the cases are from Kuwaitis which is 313, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 38,678, according to the Ministry of Health. 5 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 313. 678 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 30,190. Kuwait has done 3,087 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.…

The genetic material of the novel coronavirus was detected in the samples collected from Milan and Turin sewage last December, according to an announcement released by an Italian institution on Thursday. The study, conducted by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, one of the leading institutions of the Italian National Health Service, suggests the virus already existed in wastewater collected from the entrance of treatment plants in northern Italy before the country’s first COVID-19 case being reported. 40 samples from October 2019 to February 2020 and 24 samples from September 2018 through June 2019 serving as a control group to rule out the…

Bahrain has announced the death of a 50-year-old female citizen from coronavirus. The total deaths have soared to 56. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. The total cases have driven to 20,430 of which 14,696 have recovered, which means that over 71 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,678 active cases. Also, there are 173 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 28 are in a critical condition. So far the country has conducted 454,368 tests, according to the government statics. “The cases in Bahrain have seen a rise due to non-compliance…

A large study of 20,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients who received transfusions of blood plasma from people who recovered found the treatment was safe and suggests giving it to people early in the disease may be beneficial. The treatment, called convalescent plasma, is based on a century-old idea in medicine that has been used against measles, influenza and Ebola. People who recover from an infection have virus-fighting antibodies floating in their blood, and transfusions of their plasma — the clear liquid after blood cells are removed — may give recipients’ immune systems an assist in fighting off the virus. The study, published Thursday…

A person’s blood type and other genetic factors may be linked with the severity of coronavirus infection, according to European researchers looking for further clues about why COVID-19 hits some so much harder than others. The findings, published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, suggest people with type A blood have a higher risk of being infected with the coronavirus and developing worse symptoms. At the peak of the epidemic in Europe, researchers analyzed the genes of more than 4,000 people to look for variations that were common in those who became infected with the coronavirus and…

Bahrain has reported 469 cases of coronavirus, among 295 expatriate workers, 171 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 3 are travel-related, after conducting over 8,600 additional COVID-19 tests on Thursday. The death toll stands at 55, as 6 new deaths were reported in the kingdom. Meanwhile, 511 additional recoveries from COVID-19 were reported. The total cases have driven to 20,430 of which 14,696 have recovered, which means that over 70 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,679 active cases. Also, there are 173 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 29 are in a critical…

Bahrain has announced the death of two more people from coronavirus, a 64-year-old female citizen and a 58-year-old male citizen. The total deaths have soared to 55. It’s the sixth death in a single day, the highest daily death toll. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. The total cases have driven to 19,961 of which 14,185 have recovered, which means that over 71 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,721 active cases. Also, there are 131 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 24 are in a critical condition. So far…