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The Omani MOH has announced 193 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total cases in the sultanate to 5,379. Most of the newly admitted cases are from non-Omanis, which is 121 and the rest 72 from Omanis, according to the Ministry of Health. MOH has confirmed the death of a 46-year-old resident with coronavirus, raising the total death toll in the Sultanate to 23. 31 new recoveries from coronavirus have been reported in the sultanate, increasing the number of recoveries in the country to 1,496. [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

Oman has announced the death of a 46-year-old resident with coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total death toll in the Sultanate to 23, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH). MOH extended its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased.  Oman has 5,029 total cases and 1,465 recoveries, according to the government statics.

Bahrain is having the lowest fatalities (12) and the second-lowest total confirmed cases (6,956) among the GCC countries. It is a great achievement for a country that did not impose a lockdown. Saudi Arabia has the most fatalities and COVID-19 cases in GCC. Bahrain is the first country in the world to offer COVID-19 test results by WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. Bahrain’s contact tracing app ‘BeAware’ has over 400,000 downloads, making it listed as one of the best Middle Eastern COVID-19 apps by Forbes Middle East. Bahrain has announced 6,956 total confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which most of the cases are among expatriate workers.  2,910 recoveries…

Bahrain has 26 new COVID-19 cases, of which 23 are among expatriate workers and 3 are contacts of active cases, this takes today’s cases to 209. These new cases bring up the total cases in the kingdom to 6,956 and there are 4,034 active cases of which 8 are critical and the rest stable, according to the Ministry of Health.  MOH also reported 136 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 2,910. Bahrain has so far conducted 236,828COVID-19 tests for the early detection of the virus. So far Bahrain has reported 12 fatalities due to health…

The Dubai Police have arrested a young man over a video that he posted on social media in which he can be seen insulting the UAE’s national currency, according to Gulf News. In the viral video, the suspect can be seen as pretend-sneezing and using a currency note to clean himself. He has been referred to the authority concerned for further action, the police said. The police said that the cybercrime law specifies a maximum fine of Dh1 million and a prison term for insulting the country or its symbols. The police also posted the suspect’s photo on their social…

The Ministry of Health’s Department of Blood Banks Services at the Directorate General of Specialized Medical Care renewed its appeal to those recovering from COVID-19 to donate immune plasma after it was proven to be effective as a supportive treatment for some cases, in addition to increasing demand for the blood plasma due to the increase in the number of patients in hospitals. Dr Zainab Salim Al-Fana Al-Oraimi, Director of Blood Banks Services Department explained in an interview that many recoveries responded to this call and took the initiative to donate plasma at the department’s headquarters in Bousher. Plasma donation…

India extended its lockdown on Sunday to curb the spread of coronavirus to May 31, as cases exceeded 90,000 and further clashes erupted between police and stranded migrants. The NDMA, responsible for setting policy on the lockdown, made its request in a letter to India’s interior ministry which was approved by the government. According to the new guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs for lockdown 4.0, states and Union Territories have been given powers to specify the Red, Green and Orange Zones as the coronavirus situation demands. Furthermore, inter-state movement of passenger vehicles, buses have been allowed with the mutual…

India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) asked the government on Sunday to extend a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus to May 31, as cases exceeded 90,000 and further clashes erupted between police and stranded migrants. The NDMA, responsible for setting policy on the lockdown, made its request in a letter to India’s interior ministry, which is expected to issue detailed guidelines later on Sunday. India has now reported more cases than China, where the virus first emerged late last year, although its number of deaths so far, at 2,872, is much lower than China’s 4,600. The death…

Authorities are not seeing spikes in coronavirus cases in places that are reopening but are seeking increases in some areas that remain closed, U.S. health secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday, according to Reuters. “We are seeing that in places that are opening; we’re not seeing this spike in cases,” Azar said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. “We still see spikes in some areas that are in fact close to very localized situations.” Azar put the onus on reopening struggles on local governments. Asked about images being broadcast from some areas of the country showing people gathering near…

Bahrain has 183 new COVID-19 cases, of which 119 are among expatriate workers and 64 are contacts of active cases, this takes the total cases in the kingdom to 6,930 and there are 4,144 active cases of which 6 are critical and the rest stable, according to the Ministry of Health.  MOH also reported 12 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 2,774. Bahrain has so far conducted 234,978 COVID-19 tests for the early detection of the virus. So far Bahrain has reported 12 fatalities due to health complications. About the COVID-19 Deaths Read more…