Author: News Desk

Emirates said it has redefined safety and hygiene standards on board and on the ground as it unveiled multi-faceted measures for employee and customer care at every step of the travel journey. The new measures took effect today, with the resumption of regularly scheduled passenger flights to nine destinations. “Emirates is implementing a comprehensive set of measures at every step of the traveller’s journey, to enhance the sanitisation of all touchpoints, and ensure the health and safety of our customers and employees,” Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Chief Operating Officer, said. “The risk of catching an infection on an aircraft is…

Bahrain’s embassy in Kuwait has repatriated 42 Bahraini citizens in the implementation of the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to provide full support to Bahrainis abroad wishing to return home. The Gulf Air flight also carried 24 Kuwaitis and eight people from other nationalities back to Bahrain where they live. Bahrain’s Ambassador to Kuwait Salah Ali Al Maliki expressed thanks and gratitude to HM the King for the royal directives that reflect the depth of compassion and care for Bahraini citizens wherever they are and whatever circumstances they are facing. He also praised HRH Prince…

Kuwait has reported 320 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total recovered patients to 5,205, according to the Kuwait MOH. Lab analyses and medical tests have shown that the patients were cured of the virus, the ministry said in a press statement to KUNA. The cured patients will be taken to recuperation wards before being discharged from the hospital within a couple of days’ time, it noted. [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

The General Directorate of Traffic (GDT) has introduced a drone for a multi-language awareness campaign for road users to promote traffic safety. The campaign was launched with the increase in sports activities of walking and riding bicycles among citizens to promote safe crossing and other riding safety instructions, especially for group riders, urging them to follow the rules against the spreading of coronavirus. The drone is also involved in highlighting the wrong parking. The traffic department asserted the importance of all road users to follow traffic rules for their safety.

The Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) announced that it will monitor 60 cooperatives, supermarkets, commercial stores and pharmacies during their inspection tours and monitor 61 branches of food catering to ensure the smooth flow of sales and delivery of foodstuffs to their beneficiaries and to determine the extent of their commitment and maintain price stability of the products. MOCI said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) today, Thursday, that its inspection teams’ tours are continuing their work, in light of the applicable decisions regarding the relevant measures to face the repercussions of the spread of Corona…

The US has reported 23,285 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total confirmed cases to 1,551,853, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally. The US also reported 1,518 new COVID-19 fatalities, bringing the total fatalities to 93,439, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally. The country’s New York state is the worst hit followed by New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts. [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

Russia has reported 8,849 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total cases in the country to 317,554, according to a statement from the country’s coronavirus response headquarters. Russia also reported 127 new death from COVID-19, raising the total fatalities to 3,099. The country has a total of 92,681 recoveries. Russia has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases, behind the United States, according to Worldometer. [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

Oman has reported 327 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total cases in the sultanate to 6,370. Most of the newly admitted cases are from foreigners, which is 222 and the rest 105 from Omanis, according to the Ministry of Health. MOH has not reported any death from coronavirus, keeping the total death toll in the Sultanate to 30. 160 new recoveries from coronavirus have been reported in the sultanate, increasing the number of recoveries to 1,821. Oman has limited the gatherings of five or more people in one area without family links. If the physical distance of two meters…

A Kuwaiti medical team has developed a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) solution to use for coronavirus tests, KUNA reported. “The new solution developed by the Kuwaiti specialists has ‘excellent’ diagnostic results,” said Dr. Salman Al-Sabah, head of the surgical department at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital. PCR testing is considered a more accurate method of diagnosing the presence of coronavirus among patients where a swab is taken and blended with a reagent usually called a PCR Kit, of which a solution the Kuwaiti medical team has developed. The team is now in the initial stages of the solution’s production before the output…

India’s COVID-19 tracking mobile application ‘Aarogya Setu’ had been made mandatory for all airline passengers above 14 years, as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). This comes after the domestic flights were announced to resume from May 25 by the Civil Aviation Ministry. Apart from the use of the app, the use of masks and gloves, and thermal screening of passengers will also be mandatory. “Moreover, passengers “not showing Green” on the Aarogya Setu app will not be permitted to enter into the airports,” AAI document reads. The passengers must reach the airport 2 hours…