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Bahrain tested a total of 33290 until now. There are 216 active cases. These include 214 stable cases and 2 critical cases. 295 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

Bahrain tested a total of 32717 until now. There are 224 active cases. These include 222 stable cases and 2 critical case. 287 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

Health care providers are now adapting to new tele-consultation services that allow patients to remotely access medical advice for general ailments from home or office. Aster DM Healthcare has introduced a free tele-consultation service across its Medcare, Aster Hospital, and Aster Clinic facilities in the UAE, allowing patients to remotely consult qualified doctors for all general ailments. The leading private healthcare group is one of the first to offer such a service to patients in the UAE, supporting the community to access quality healthcare advice during this challenging time. “The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic calls for measures to make healthcare services…

Saudi Arabia’s petrochemical company has signed a deal with a South Korean conglomerate to build two chemical production plants valued at $1.8 billion in the kingdom according to ZAWYA. With the capacity to produce more than 1.6 million tonnes of propylene and polypropylene every year, the facilities will be set up in Jubail Industrial City. “The high demand from the automotive and medical device industries is also expected to drive the growth” stated researchandmarkets.com. The research firm predicts that the market for polypropylene is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.56 percent between 2019 and…

A collective of seven UK-based Formula 1 teams during the past two weeks, their respective technology arms and Formula 1 has made significant progress in defining and coordinating its response to the UK Government’s call for assistance with the manufacture of medical devices to help in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The seven teams’ combined efforts, termed ‘Project Pitlane’, are part of a UK industry-wide effort to manufacture and deliver respiratory devices to support the national need. The focus of Project Pitlane will now be on coordinating and answering the clear challenges that have been set. The seven teams remain…

Malaysia’s Top Glove Corporation Bhd, which makes one in every five gloves globally, expects a product shortage as demand from Europe and the United States spikes because of the widening coronavirus outbreak is exceeding its capacity reported Reuters. The company has extended shipping times to cope with the demand surge, Executive Chairman Lim Wee Chai told Reuters by phone on Friday. Lim said orders received in the past few weeks, mainly from Europe and the United States, were almost double the company’s production capacity. Top Glove can produce 200 million natural and synthetic rubber gloves a day. There are now…

​Tottenham Hotspur F.C. announced that the club has made its London stadium and facilities available to officials to assist in local Covid-19 relief efforts beginning today. The football club has been in contact with the Haringey Council, the Greater London Authority and the National Health Service. “As a club, we have always been clear about our commitment to the wider community — never has this been more important than it is now,” Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy said. The stadium’s basement car park will be set up as a storage base and distribution hub for London Food Alliance, which helps get food…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working with global manufacturers for critical supplies and distributing them domestically. “We are working with manufacturers from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, India, Honduras, and Mexico. Contracted flights arrived at private-sector distribution hubs this morning in Chicago, and more will be arriving in Ohio on Tuesday. From there, supplies are being sent to other states through private sector distribution networks,” a FEMA spokesperson said in a statement today. The first flights landed this past weekend at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and the personal protective equipment is “being distributed to New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut,” the spokesperson…

A one-year delay of Dubai’s Expo 2020 will be recommended to the governing body of the world expo due to the spread of coronavirus, a statement by the organizing steering committee said. “The Committee collectively agreed to explore with the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the World Expo governing body, the possibility of a one-year delay to the opening of Expo 2020,” the statement read. In a virtual meeting, the steering committee and representatives of the countries taking part in the event said that a final decision on postponement can only be made by a vote by the BIE’s Executive…

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow, UNICEF is procuring and shipping vital supplies, including desperately required personal protective equipment (PPE), to countries affected. On Wednesday, UNICEF launched an appeal for US$651.6 million to support its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “While the speed and scale of the outbreak are posing countless challenges, we continue employing every effort to ensure that UNICEF supplies reach those in need as quickly as possible,” said Etleva Kadilli, UNICEF’s Director of Supply Division in Copenhagen. Despite the extreme market conditions, UNICEF has managed to secure availability from April to June from suppliers for key…