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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…

As part of the national efforts to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Humanitarian Foundation (RHF), Dr. Mustafa Al Sayed, RHF Secretary-General, announced the launch of an online donation platform. According to BNA, RHF is now accepting donations from businesses and individuals in support of national efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 via its website, accessible at http://www.rco.gov.bh. Al Sayed noted that the ‘Feena Khair’ campaign was launched in response to growing requests from individuals and entities across the private sector that wish to make monetary contributions to national…

Australia will keep in place restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus for at least four more weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, despite signs that Canberra has been successful in slowing infection rates. Morrison said Australia will over the next month expand testing, improve its capacity to trace contacts of known coronavirus cases, and plan a response to any further local outbreaks, Reuters reported. Morrison said these three steps will be finished within four weeks, and Australia will then review the restrictions that include curtailing the movements of residents, and the closures of schools, restaurants,…

All hotels, restaurants and event venues in Dubai will remain closed until further notice, according to a new directive. The Dubai Tourism, in its latest circular, said it has extended indefinitely all the precautionary measures rolled out earlier to stem the spread of coronavirus, which has so far infected more than 5,000 people in the UAE. “To ensure the health and safety of its residents and visitors, we extend all the precautionary circulars on the website until further notice,” the agency said in a letter addressed to all inbound tour operators, hotel establishments, floating restaurants, venues and event organisers in…

In a fresh blow to Zoom, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued an advisory on the use of the video conferencing app reported India Today. It has said the use of the platform is “not safe.” The caution has been issued for Zoom users in India, whose numbers have increased dramatically over the past few days. Zoom has emerged as a one-stop solution for video meetings among users during the COVID-19-induced lockdown globally. The looming concern on Zoom is related to the security loopholes that have been unearthed in multitudes, also emphasised by the regulators in countries such…