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More than 50 experts in the fields of psychology, mental and social support and life skills are participating in the initiative, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. UAE National Programme for Happiness and Wellbeing NPHW launched a national campaign for mental support for all UAE residents to help them overcome the psychological impact resulting from the COVID-19. According to BNA, the programme is an online initiative using modern digital solutions and social media channels. It consists of three components, the first: “Let’s Support, Together”, features daily online live sessions in which mental health professionals and experts provide mental support, answer questions,…

A pharmacy was closed for hiking the prices of sanitisers, profiting from the exceptional conditions resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) according to BNA. The pharmacy was found to be hiking the price of the 250-millilitre hand sanitizer by 81 percent and the 500-millilitre one by 105% in profit margin gaming soaring demand on such necessary products. The pharmacy which is located in the area of Riffa was found in breach of Law 35 of 2019 on consumer protection, said the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism in a statement yesterday. The ministry slammed the greedy hiking of prices as…

The Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA), with the support of the Minister of Interior, has begun distributing electronic bracelets compatible with the Kingdom’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, ‘BeAware’ according to BNA. The application complements the efforts of the National Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by advancing contact tracing efforts to swiftly identify and keep track of all active cases and their contacts. The iGA Chief Executive, Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, noted that the application is an example of how Bahrain is leveraging technology to safeguard the well-being of citizens and residents. Al Qaed explained…

Director-General of Traffic, Brigadier Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Abdulwahab Al Khalifa, today asserted that as part of the directives of the Interior Minister, and in line with its long-run strategy, the department continues to offer high quality and swift services. He revealed that 80% of traffic services were processed electronically in the second half of March. The Director-General said that the progress shows the awareness of the public to contribute to limiting the spread of coronavirus. He noted that people could receive online services via bahrain.bh and the e-traffic application.

Bahrain tested a total of 39379 until now. There are 261 active cases. These include 258 stable cases and 3 critical cases. 423 people have been discharged. Only 4 death has been reported until now. Read more about the fourth death – Click Here Read more about the third death – Click Here Read more about the second death – Click Here

Gov Andrew Cuomo said New York has 85,000 medical volunteers, including 22,000 out of state volunteers, according to comments he made at a press conference today. Cuomo said he is singing and executive order to allow medical students slated to graduate to begin practicing. “I want all of this to be over,” Cuomo said Saturday regarding the pandemic. The governor mentioned his mother has been stressed about his brother and anchor Chris Cuomo’s positive diagnosis.

New York has a total of 113,704 COVID-19 cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today during a press conference. The state recorded a new high of positive cases Friday with 10,841. There are 15,905 people in the hospital and 4,126 in ICU, Cuomo said. As of today, 3,565 people have died due to COVID-19. “By the numbers, we’re not yet at the apex. We’re getting closer,” Cuomo said. New York City’s numbers are dropping and Long island positive case numbers are growing, Cuomo said. New York City’s Javits Convention Center will have 2,500 beds and will be staffed entirely by the federal government, Cuomo said.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced that the country’s state of alarm, which demands strict limits on people’s movements and continues the closure of schools and most businesses, will continue for a further two weeks, until April 26. We are facing the great crisis of our lives,” Sanchez said in a nationwide address. The state of alarm had already been extended until April 11. The government will ask the Spanish parliament to approve the extension on Tuesday. Sanchez added: “Weeks of strict restrictions await us. We ask families to stay at home. To young people, to continue to study, to…

China has mourned the victims of the coronavirus outbreak by observing a three-minute silence, bringing the nation to a halt. A day of remembrance was declared in China on Saturday to honour the more than 3,300 people who died of COVID-19. At 10:00 local time (03:00 GMT), people stood still nationwide for three minutes in tribute to the dead. Cars, trains, and ships then sounded their horns, air raid sirens rang as flags were flown at half-mast. The first cases of coronavirus were detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province late last year. Since then, the virus…

A US health expert is concerned that prisons and jails could cause the coronavirus to spread faster in those facilities and outside. Dr. Barun Mathema, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, said that because of the high, concentrated number of people in these facilities, community spread is likely. “The prison population in and of itself has a fairly sizable, vulnerable population within that have a lot of chronic conditions, other types of infections,” Mathema said. “We should also ensure that what happens in a prison, or jail for that matter, does not pose an undue risk to the community. In this…