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Saudi Arabia reported 1,266 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,077. Meanwhile, 253 recoveries were announced today, with total recoveries in Saudi Arabia at 2,784. There are 118 cases in intensive care. The ministry confirmed the death of 8 people, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 152. Most of the new cases are reported in Makkah (327), Madinah (273), Jeddah (262) and Riyadh (171).

“All precautions will continue and will intensify in the coming period of time to ensure the success of the national plan to combat COVID-19. The active cases stand at 1,556 most of them are stable with no symptoms while 16 to 18 cases have experienced symptoms. This shows the efforts of Bahrain in identifying cases in the early stage so that the symptoms can be avoided. Over 1,246 cases have recovered and been discharged leaving quarantine and we will follow up with them up to 4 weeks.” Dr. Jameela Al Salman, Consultant of Infectious and Internal Diseases at Salmaniya Medical…

Since the first 100 cases were recorded, Bahrain has proven its unique treatment to tackle the Coronavirus, compared to other countries. Bahrain’s results in the case registration index since the first 100 existing cases were recorded much better than other countries that showed a clear escalation in the number of existing cases, which confirms that Bahrain is moving towards flattening the curve of the virus. In Bahrain, we have the capacity for tests, the professional and medical team in place to combat the virus, capacity for isolation treatment and quarantine. The precautionary measures have proved its success in Bahrain. I…

“The laboratory test are among the assessment criteria for a country. WHO has added a new criteria, where if there is one positive case, there has to be nine negative cases. The standard added by the World Health Organization clarifies the efforts made by countries in the field of examination, especially if the percentage is less than 9%. Bahrain achieved a 2% rate on this standard, which reflects the Kingdom’s mockery of tackling the virus”, said Dr. Waleed Khalifa Al Manea, Undersecretary Ministry of Health. The citizens who were transferred to the house quarantine are the returning citizens from abroad who are referred…

The number of confirmed cases among expatriate workers reached 1909 as of April 26, of which 95.5% are working under a legal framework “Only 1.7% of confirmed cases of migrant workers are holders of flexible work permits. The legal employment rate of existing cases is 89%, while the violation rate of employment is 9%, and the percentage of expatriates on a visitor visa is 2%. Business owners have agreed to provide buildings for the precautionary quarantine of their workers”, said Mr. Ausamah Al-Absi, CEO of the Labor Market Regulatory Authority. 42% of the buildings designated for precautionary quarantine for expatriate workers…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated with its foreign diplomatic missions to communicate with all citizens located outside Bahrain to arrange their evacuation trips. The Ministry began evacuating citizens in coordination and cooperation with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the National team to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) in line with medical preparations in Bahrain and in accordance with the standards approved by the World Health Organization. Over 3,800 Bahraini citizens have been evacuated from various countries until now, and still the work is ongoing to evacuate the remaining citizens before the next May. Citizens have been returned from India,…

The UAE on Monday announced 490 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 10,839. Currently, there are 8,667 cases undergoing treatment. 6 new deaths from coronavirus have also been confirmed, bringing the death toll to 82, the spokesperson said during the media briefing. The ministry also announced the recovery of 112 new cases, taking the total number of patients recovered in the UAE to 2,090. The new coronavirus patients, all of whom are in a stable condition and receiving the necessary care, were identified after conducting 29,984 COVID-19 tests among UAE citizens and residents over the past…

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced returning 24,000 rapid test kits imported from China, hours after the Indian Council of Medical Research asked states to stop using the COVID-19 rapid antibody kits procured from two companies in the Asian country to be sent back to the suppliers. The government and opposition DMK clashed over the pricing of the kits, with the latter demanding “transparency” while the ruling dispensation asserted that the procurement was done based on rates fixed by the Centre. The ICMR, the country’s top health research body, had told states it “evaluated the kits of Guangzhou Wondfo…

The number of people who have died from coronavirus infection in France rose by 437 to 23,293 on Monday, the health ministry said in a statement. The 1.9% increase is the highest in four days but well below the more than 4% rate seen 10 days ago. The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 infection fell further to 28,055 from 28,217 on Sunday and the number of people in intensive care fell to 4,608 from 4,682 on Sunday. Both have been on a downward trend for more than 10 days.

Fifteen new cases of Covid-19 have been registered, making today’s toll to 76. According to MOH, 51 of them are migrant workers, three local contacts, seven are from abroad and the remaining are unspecified. No new recoveries have been reported in Bahrain from 1 pm to 8 pm, making today recoveries standstill at 29. Bahrain tested a total of 117797 until now. There are 1497 active cases. These include 1495 stable cases and 2 critical cases. 1218 people have been discharged. Only 8 deaths have been reported until now. This takes the total cases in Bahrain to 2723. Read the…