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Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde has granted pardon to more than 4,000 prisoners in efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country. Sahle-Work Zewde announced the order in a tweet on Wednesday and said it would help prevent overcrowding in prisons. The directive only covers those given a maximum sentence of three years for minor crimes and those who were about to be released from jail, she said. There are 12 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ethiopia, according to the World Health Organization on Wednesday. Authorities in the nation have put in place a raft of measures including the closure of…

Nearly three dozen people who attended a recent children’s event at a church in Arkansas have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to church officials. Donald Shipp, a deacon at First Assembly of God church in Greers Ferry, about 75 miles north of Little Rock, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that 34 people who attended the event in early March at the Cleburne County church had tested positive for the coronavirus and that an unknown number of others were awaiting test results. Danyelle McNeill, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Health, said many coronavirus cases have been associated with a church in…

As a precautionary measure and to limit social interaction during COVID-19 threat, a BCCI branch in Khalifa Bin Salman Port will be temporarily closed starting Monday 24th March 2020 until further notice. In the meantime, all customers can visit any other branches BCCI (BCCI Main branch or BCCI branch in Bahrain financial harbor) or visit the BCCI website.

A medical centre in Jidhafs has announced that a Covid-19 positive patient visited the clinic on March 21. Dar Al Hayat Medical Centre said on its Instagram account that they were informed by the Health Ministry of the incident. It added that through collaboration with the Public Health Directorate immediate measures were taken to close down the infected zone while arrangements were made to test all medical and non-medical staff – who have all tested negative. “As a precaution measure we have taken to quarantining all concerned staff working for two weeks,” added the centre in the statement. “Further, all…

A record number of Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits last week, as businesses shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Initial jobless claims soared to a seasonally adjusted 3.28 million in the week ended March 21, according to the Department of Labor. That is the highest number of initial jobless claims in history since the Department of Labor started tracking the data in 1967. The previous high was 695,000 claims filed in the week ending October 2, 1982. “Most historical comparisons of this scale are inadequate. The closest would be natural disasters like major…

Mylab becomes the first Indian company to have received the validation for its Covid-19 diagnostic test kits. In the current lab-based testing it takes four hours for test results to come out, Mylab’s turn around time is 2 1/2 hours, said Dr. Gautam Wankhde, Medical Director Mylab to ET. The company’s kits can study 1000 samples from large labs and 200 from smaller labs. Mylabs is looking to price its kits around INR 1200 to1500.

Manama: In keeping with HRH the Crown Prince & First Deputy Premier Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s promise of food security as the Kingdom meets the COVID-19 crisis, Lulu Hypermarket too has come on board to ensure that the Kingdom’s fruit and vegetable requirements are met without interruption. https://youtu.be/BsGHXs0EifY As part of #TeamBahrain, Lulu, the largest retail group in the Kingdom, today ( MARCH 25) received a special consignment of fresh fruits and vegetables from India that was flown in on a special chartered Gulf Airplane. It is the first time that a private company in Bahrain is exclusively…

Bahrain tested a total of 28502 until now. There are 225 active cases. These include 224 stable cases and 1 critical case. 190 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

The Ministry of Health has today announced the death of a 78-year-old male Bahraini national, a registered active case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) who was suffering from underlying and chronic health problems. The deceased male, who had contracted the virus after being in contact with another active COVID-19 case, was placed in isolation and received extensive 24-hour treatment from a specialized medical team. The Ministry highlighted that, excluding one case, all other active COVID-19 cases remain stable and all patients continue to receive treatment from a specialized medical team following guidelines provided by the WHO.

The Health Ministry has announced that the second group of Bahrainis will be evacuated from Iran tonight. The flight will reach Bahrain tonight, it added. The ministry said it has also activated precautionary measures to ensure the safety of citizens arriving as part of the evacuation procedure.