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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…

The head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday that the new coronavirus pandemic was far from over and said that he was “deeply concerned” about the impact of the disruption of normal health services, especially on children. “The pandemic is far from over,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that the body was concerned about increasing trends in Africa, eastern Europe, Latin America and some Asian countries. “We have a long road ahead of us and a lot of work to do,” he said.  He added that shortages of vaccines against other diseases were being reported in…

A further 360 people have died from COVID-19 in British hospitals, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday, bringing the total to 21,092. The 360 increase was the lowest daily death toll for four weeks, although weekend reporting delays can distort Monday totals. Hancock said that the deaths of 82 health service workers were included in the figures.

11 people from Indonesia linked to the Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat have been arrested for violation of visa rules by the Mumbai Police, officials said. They had been kept in quarantine before they were arrested. One of them who had been found to be infected with COVID-19 has recovered, the officials said. They will be produced in a city court on Tuesday as their police custody will end the same day. They were a part of a group of from Indonesia who were staying at an apartment in Bandra (West) since March 29 after they returned from Delhi. Over a…

KHK Heroes called on the nation for a united cause, helping those most vulnerable during the Coronavirus Pandemic. The campaign received not only national attention but also global attention with people taking on the challenge and resources and donations being added to the campaign on a daily basis. Under the vision of His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, KHK Heroes Board of Directors initiated campaigns to support the vision HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander, and First Deputy Premier and HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, His Majesty the King’s…