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Saudi Arabia has reported 762 new cases of COVID-19 and 59 recoveries in the country on Friday. This has brought the total number of cases to 7,142 and 1,049 recoveries. According to a tweet on the Saudi Ministry of Health’s official Twitter account, four more people have died in the country, taking the death toll to 87. https://twitter.com/SaudiMOH/status/1251128215038504960?s=20

The Centre on Friday informed the Kerala High Court that there was no immediate plan to bring back the Indian citizens stranded in the Gulf countries due to the novel coronavirus outbreak and that the expatriates had been granted visa extension. The counsel for the central government made the submission before a division bench comprising justices Rajavijayaraghavan and T R Ravi during the hearing of a plea seeking a direction to bring back Indians stranded in the UAE. Permission of the Gulf countries was required to send medical teams there to carry out medical examination of the stranded Indians, the…

Forty new cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Bahrain today. Only two of these cases involve migrant workers, while 10 are among individuals who have come in contact with positive cases and 22 tested positive after arriving from Iran as part of the government’s evacuation plan. Bahrain tested a total of 79564 until now. There are 1008 active cases. These include 1005 stable cases and 3 critical cases. 725 people have been discharged. Only 7 deaths have been reported until now. The Ministry of Health announced the death of a 60-year-old Bahraini citizen on 14th April, who has underlying chronic…

The recovery of 22 people and 40 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Bahrain today. Only two of these cases involve migrant workers, while 10 are among individuals who have come in contact with positive cases and 22 tested positive after arriving from Iran as part of the government’s evacuation plan. Bahrain tested a total of 79564 until now. There are 1008 active cases. These include 1005 stable cases and 3 critical cases. 725 people have been discharged. Only 7 deaths have been reported until now. The Ministry of Health announced the death of a 60-year-old Bahraini citizen on 14th…

What is COVID-19? It is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a pandemic. What are the symptoms this coronavirus causes? According to the WHO, the most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness and a dry cough. Some patients may also have a runny nose, sore throat, nasal congestion and aches, and pains or diarrhoea. Some people report losing their sense of taste and/or smell. About 80% of people who get COVID-19 experience a mild case – about as serious as a regular cold…

According to the latest statistics, 97.5 percent have so far access to e-lessons on the ministry’s educational portal. Special Education Director Khalid Al-Saidi said that the online lessons have so far benefited 9, 545 special education students, adding that efforts are underway to ensure the others have access to the portal. “49 autistic and 10 hearing-impaired students integrated at mainstream classes have a marked use of the portal”, he said, adding that other categories of special education students are also benefiting from the initiative. The directorate has also reached out with cancer and sickle cell students who are at public…

Bahrain tested a total of 76944 until now. There are 990 active cases. These include 987 stable cases and 3 critical cases. 703 people have been discharged. Only 7 deaths have been reported until now. 40 of the recoveries are new. These recoveries are counted from the MOH report of today from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM The Ministry of Health announced the death of a 60-year-old Bahraini citizen on 14th April, who has underlying chronic diseases and health issues. The deceased got the necessary treatment and care around the clock by the specialized medical team and all the cases in…

Ivanka Trump traveled with her family from Washington to Bedminster, New Jersey, last week to celebrate Passover, a White House official said Thursday. Trump’s decision to leave Washington, first reported by The New York Times, disregarded the federal coronavirus guidelines advising against discretionary travel that she has urged other Americans to follow. “Ivanka — with her immediate family — celebrated Passover at a closed down facility considered to be a family home. Her travel was no different than had she been traveling to/from work and the location was less populated than the surrounding area near her home in D.C.,” the official…

The King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Co-existence has mourned the death of his Board of Trustees member Bishop Camillo Ballin, the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia who passed away at the age of 76. It described the death as a big loss to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the centre, recalling the qualities of the deceased and his contribution to boosting religious tolerance and coexistence. It also pointed out Ballin’s continuous praise of the kingdom’s openness and good treatment of the Catholics. The King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Co-existence paid respect to Bishop Camillo Ballin, underlining his prominent…

Amazon has started to develop a test for the novel coronavirus in order to help restart the battered economy. CEO Jeff Bezos in his annual letter to shareholders that regular testing for every industry is needed to “both help keep people safe and help get the economy back up and running.” He said for that to happen, society needs “vastly more testing capacity” than is currently available. He’s assembled a team of Amazon employees from various units to create new tools to test for COVID-19. Bezos said Amazon (AMZN) will begin testing “small numbers” of employees soon. “We are not sure how far we will get in the…