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Indian citizens have been urged to generously donate to ‘Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund)’. According to the Press Information Bureau, the Prime Minister’s office has been receiving spontaneous and innumerable requests for making generous donations to support the government in the wake of this emergency. “It is my appeal to my fellow Indians, kindly contribute to the PM-CARES Fund. This Fund will also cater to similar distressing situations if they occur in the times ahead. This link has all important details about the fund” tweeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “People from…

A new initiative has been launched by one of Bahrain’s leading private hospitals to provide outpatient consultation amidst the prevailing situation in Bahrain. Al Hilal Hospital announced the launch of ‘Dr. Hilal’, a consultation service of its doctors through an online video platform. The free service can be availed by booking an appointment through the Hospital’s website. Hospitals across Bahrain are quickly expanding to adopt new remote services to help the community. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended using telemedicine to direct patients to the right site of care during the outbreak. The World Health Organization—which designated COVID-19…

With most children housebound across the globe, the coronavirus crisis is inspiring creativity. Social media is buzzing with posts and videos of children taking likes to cooking, musical skills and even showcasing colourful palettes. Taking to Twitter, “Been isolating at home with my wife and kids for a week now. For my contribution to homeschooling my kids (aged 6 & 4) I chose the most obvious thing – creating a shot-by-shot recreation of the jet pack sequence from THUNDERBALL out of LEGO” said a parent. “As coronavirus is spreading, so are virtual card games, exercise sessions, dance lessons, meditation time, health…

Two of Bahrain Endurance 13 athletes are handling training indoors. When the International Triathlon Union decided to suspend the racing season until the end of April due to COVID-19, many athletes were instructed to continue preparing as if the Olympic and Paralympic Games would be held as scheduled, despite growing uncertainty that COVID-19 as a global concern would be resolved by then. “I think it’s very important these days that as an athlete we do respect that global health and safety is more important than ‘just’ sport,” says Kristian Blummenfelt, who is home in Norway after attending a training camp…

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted words of encouragement Saturday, saying “we’re going to beat it, and we’re going to beat it together,” after he tested positive for coronavirus yesterday. “Thank you to everybody who’s doing what I’m doing, working from home and stopping the virus spreading from household to household,” he added. The UK has 14,590 confirmed coronavirus cases and 760 deaths. https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1243871804101443584?s=20

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged, began lifting a two-month lockdown on Saturday by restarting some metro services and reopening borders, allowing some semblance of normality to return and families to reunite. After being cut-off from the rest of the country for two months, the reopening of Wuhan, where the epidemic first erupted in late December, marks a turning point in China’s fight against the virus, though the contagion has since spread to over 200 countries. Among those on the first high-speed trains allowed into the city on Saturday morning was Guo Liangkai, a 19-year-old…

The Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack, is self-isolating after he developed coronavirus symptoms. Mr. Jack is said to be experiencing “mild” symptoms, including cough and a temperature, but had not been tested for Covid-19. He said in a statement: “In the past 24 hours, I have developed mild symptoms associated with coronavirus. Mr. Jack added: “In line with medical guidance, I am self-isolating and working from home.” On Wednesday, Mr. Jack was on the front bench in the House of Commons chamber with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. On Friday it was announced that Mr. Johnson and the UK…

There are at least 102,702 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States. So far, 1,716 people have died in total in the US from coronavirus. The total includes cases from all 50 states, Washington, DC, and other U.S. territories, as well as all repatriated cases.

The Chairman of Ocean Gate and Rubicon Hotel Management Company, Dr. Muhammad Rafeek has offered free accommodation for the benefit of expats who have been directed to undergo home isolation, but do not have any adequate means to isolate themselves. https://youtu.be/fbBfOIEiE5o A lot of people from the expat labor community are usually housed in cramped shared accommodation spaces, which defeats the purpose of home isolation. When they return from their home countries and are recommended home isolation, it becomes virtually impossible to do so, due to the lack of space, as well as due to financial constraints that prevents these…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded to President Trump’s tweet that there are thousands of federal government ventilators found in a storage facility in New York and that the state “must distribute now.” Here’s what Cuomo said: “That is incorrect and grossly uninformed. The point is, we have ventilators in a stockpile and we didn’t send them to the hospital yet. Of course, we didn’t — that’s the whole point. The hospitals don’t need them yet. The hospitals aren’t at their apex. The hospitals have enough ventilators today, but their numbers are going up. We’re planning for an apex, a high point,…