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Minister of Health Shaikh Dr. Basel Al Sabah announced the recovery of 342 novel coronavirus patients, bringing the total number of recoveries to 4,681. In a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the minister pointed out that analyses and medical examinations and tests proved that these cases were cured of the coronavirus. They will be transferred to the hospital recuperation ward, pending discharge within the next few days, he said. Kuwait has confirmed 15,691 cases of coronavirus, including 118 fatalities, according to the Kuwait MOH. [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

Millions of people in India and Bangladesh are in the path of a super cyclone which is due to make landfall in less than 36 hours, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain to a region already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic. Super Cyclone Amphan became the strongest storm ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal on Monday night, after intensifying with sustained wind speeds of up to 270 kph, according to data from the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Amphan has weakened slightly since, but the storm is still the equivalent of a strong Category 4 Atlantic hurricane or a super typhoon…

Bahrain has reported 190 new COVID-19 cases, of which 117 are among expatriate workers, 72 are contacts of active cases and 1 is travel-related. These new cases bring up the total cases in the kingdom to 7,374 and there are 4,410 active cases of which 9 are critical and the rest stable, according to the Ministry of Health.  MOH also reported 21 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 2,952. Bahrain has so far conducted 248,205 COVID-19 tests for the early detection of the virus. So far Bahrain has reported 12 fatalities due to health complications.…

UAE announced 873 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total cases in the country to 25,063, according to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). MoHAP also announced the death of 3 more people from COVID-19, rising the country’s death toll to 227. 1,214 new recoveries have been reported in UAE, bringing the total recoveries to 10,791, according to the health ministry. The new cases were identified after conducting more than 38,000 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, the ministry noted. The ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and wished a speedy recovery to all…

The Royal Thai Embassy in Bahrain facilitated the repatriation of over 240 Thai nationals. According to the Embassy, the returnees faced unemployment or were employed in saloons, restaurants and spas which were affected due to the pandemic. H.E. Thanis Na Songkhla, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand and Kanita Sapphaisal, the Head of Consular Affairs of Thailand and other Thai Embassy staff helped with the facilitation of distressed Thai nationals. The embassy noted that this was the second repatriation flight and a total of 314 Thai nationals have returned home. https://www.facebook.com/starvisionnews/videos/246583569781027/ Meanwhile, the Royal Thai Embassy as part of the…

An Indian National has been granted special permission to return to India after having being diagnosed with an infection. Are Anjaiah hailing from Andhra Pradesh earlier this month was diagnosed with a deep fungal infection and had been referred for further specialist treatment. The 60-year-old was provided with a ticket to Hyderabad after his plight was considered and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health. Anjaiah thanked the Indian Embassy’s second secretary PK Chowdhury and other Embassy officials for their prompt support. Over 180 Indian Nationals will return to Hyderabad, India today as part…

United States President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days, according to a letter to the WHO chief shared by Trump on Twitter. In a four-page letter to WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump set out what he called “repeated missteps” by the organization. Trump claimed that the WHO shares the responsibility for a large number of deaths in the crisis. He charged that mismanagement on the part of the WHO and reliance on information from China had dramatically worsened the epidemic and spread…

The Omani MOH has announced 292 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total cases in the sultanate to 5,671. Most of the newly admitted cases are from non-Omanis, which is 173 and the rest 119 from Omanis, according to the Ministry of Health. MOH has confirmed the death of a 57-year-old foreign resident with coronavirus, raising the total death toll in the Sultanate to 26. 78 new recoveries from coronavirus have been reported in the sultanate, increasing the number of recoveries to 1,574.

The Omani MOH has announced the death of a 57-year-old foreign resident with coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total number of COVID-19 deaths registered in the Sultanate to 26. The MOH extended its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. Oman has 5,379 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,496 recoveries, according to the MOH. [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

Jacinda Ardern, the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand has come out to be the most popular prime minister in a century, according to the Newshub-Reid Research poll showed on Monday. It was the first public poll since the coronavirus pandemic took over showed popularity for Ardern’s Labour jumped 14 points to 56.5% – the highest for any party ever. Conversely, the biggest party in parliament – the Nationals, slumped to 30.6%, after sliding by 12.7 points, Reuters reports. The poll was conducted between May 8 and May 16, with half of the responses taken after the federal budget on Thursday. As preferred…