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Oman has reported 811 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total cases in the sultanate to 9,820. Most of the newly admitted cases are from foreigners, which is 496 and the rest 315 from Omanis, according to the Ministry of Health. MOH has not reported any new death from coronavirus, keeping the total death toll in the Sultanate to 40. 219 new recoveries from coronavirus have been reported in the sultanate, increasing the number of recoveries to 2,396. Oman announced it would end its lockdown in the Muscat province starting today, including in the capital. Also Read: Coronavirus: Bahrain reports 300 new…

Bahrain has reports 300 new COVID-19 cases among 183 expatriate workers and 117 contacts of active cases. These new cases bring up the total cases in the kingdom to 10,352 and there are 4,846 active cases of which 9 are critical and the rest stable, according to the Ministry of Health.  There are currently 30 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment. MOH also reported 72 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 5,491. Bahrain has so far conducted 302,640 COVID-19 tests for the early detection of the virus. So far Bahrain has reported 15 fatalities. About the COVID-19…

Twitter hid a tweet from President Donald Trump on Friday and accused him of breaking its rules by “glorifying violence”, after he tweeted that looters at protests in Minneapolis would be shot. Twitter’s decision to step in, at a time of racially charged civil unrest in cities across the United States, escalates a feud between Trump and tech companies, Reuters reports. It came just hours after Trump signed an executive order threatening Silicon Valley social media firms with new regulations over free speech. “…These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke…

Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti National Guard Lieut. Gen. Hashem Al-Refaei on Thursday opened a new quarantine centre for the body’s personnel infected with COVID-19. The new facility is part of the National Guard’s efforts to back the efforts of health authorities and to ease out the pressure on hospitals and quarantine buildings, he told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), reporters. The general commended the agency’s personnel for having completed and equipped the new facility in line with relevant health criteria in record time. Also Read: Coronavirus: Bahrain reports 285 new cases, mostly among foreigners  Coronavirus: Kuwait records 845 new cases, 10…

Bahrain has reported 285 new COVID-19 cases among 208 expatriate workers and 77 contacts of active cases. These new cases bring up the total cases in the kingdom to 9,977 and there are 4,667 active cases of which 9 are critical and the rest stable, according to the Ministry of Health.  There are currently 33 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment. MOH also reported 143 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 5,295. Bahrain has so far conducted 296,278 COVID-19 tests for the early detection of the virus. So far Bahrain has reported 15 fatalities. About the COVID-19…

Friday prayers will resume in Bahrain’s mosques starting June 5, the Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments has said. The decision is based on the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to resume Friday prayers with the obligation of applying the precautionary measures announced by the National taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus to mitigate the spread of the virus. This and other decisions related to the coronavirus will be periodically reviewed in accordance with the Sharia regulations to protect the health and safety of all, the ministry added. The necessary arrangements to make the mosques…

Saudi Arabia has reported 1,644 new coronavirus infections during the past 24 hours, raising the total to 80,185, according to the health ministry. The number of new daily cases has since been decreasing day by day. Meanwhile, 16 more people succumbed to the deadly virus taking the total number of COVID-19 related fatalities in the Kingdom to 441. Ministry also reported 3,531 recoveries, taking the overall number of recovered cases to 54,553. Riyadh tops the list of new cases with 611 infections, followed by Jeddah (360), Makkah (148), Dammam (101), Hufof (91) and Madinah (50) Saudi currently has the highest…

Oman has reported 636 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total cases in the sultanate to 9,009. Most of the newly admitted cases are from Omanis, which is 345 and the rest 291 from foreigners, according to the Ministry of Health. MOH has reported 1 new death from coronavirus, keeping the total death toll in the Sultanate to 40. 2,177 total recoveries from coronavirus have been reported in the sultanate. Also on Wednesday, Oman announced it would end its lockdown in the Muscat province, including the capital, on May 29. Also Read: Coronavirus: Kuwait records 845 new cases, 10 deaths Women honoured…

Kuwait has reported 845 new coronavirus cases, taking the total confirmed cases in the country 24,112, according to the Ministry of Health. 10 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 185. 752 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 8,698. Kuwait has done 3,396 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 spokesman. So far, Kuwait has conducted more than 282,341 coronavirus tests. Also…

The Director-General of Northern Governorate Police, Brigadier Isa Al Qattan, has honoured a Bahraini lady Hisa Abdulameer Al Aswad and a Morrocan Lady, Hanan Al Samadi for providing first aid until the arrival of the ambulances and civil defence teams for the victims of an explosion in a restaurant because of a gas leak in Maqaba on  January 24. The honouring was part of the directives of His Excellency Interior Minister and follow up of the Chief of Public Security. The Director-General hailed the noble stand of the two women of helping the victims and their high sense of the…