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The Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) announced that it will monitor 60 cooperatives, supermarkets, commercial stores and pharmacies during their inspection tours and monitor 61 branches of food catering to ensure the smooth flow of sales and delivery of foodstuffs to their beneficiaries and to determine the extent of their commitment and maintain price stability of the products. MOCI said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) today, Thursday, that its inspection teams’ tours are continuing their work, in light of the applicable decisions regarding the relevant measures to face the repercussions of the spread of Corona…

The US has reported 23,285 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total confirmed cases to 1,551,853, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally. The US also reported 1,518 new COVID-19 fatalities, bringing the total fatalities to 93,439, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally. The country’s New York state is the worst hit followed by New Jersey, Illinois, and Massachusetts. [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

Russia has reported 8,849 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total cases in the country to 317,554, according to a statement from the country’s coronavirus response headquarters. Russia also reported 127 new death from COVID-19, raising the total fatalities to 3,099. The country has a total of 92,681 recoveries. Russia has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases, behind the United States, according to Worldometer. [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

Oman has reported 327 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total cases in the sultanate to 6,370. Most of the newly admitted cases are from foreigners, which is 222 and the rest 105 from Omanis, according to the Ministry of Health. MOH has not reported any death from coronavirus, keeping the total death toll in the Sultanate to 30. 160 new recoveries from coronavirus have been reported in the sultanate, increasing the number of recoveries to 1,821. Oman has limited the gatherings of five or more people in one area without family links. If the physical distance of two meters…

A Kuwaiti medical team has developed a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) solution to use for coronavirus tests, KUNA reported. “The new solution developed by the Kuwaiti specialists has ‘excellent’ diagnostic results,” said Dr. Salman Al-Sabah, head of the surgical department at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital. PCR testing is considered a more accurate method of diagnosing the presence of coronavirus among patients where a swab is taken and blended with a reagent usually called a PCR Kit, of which a solution the Kuwaiti medical team has developed. The team is now in the initial stages of the solution’s production before the output…

India’s COVID-19 tracking mobile application ‘Aarogya Setu’ had been made mandatory for all airline passengers above 14 years, as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). This comes after the domestic flights were announced to resume from May 25 by the Civil Aviation Ministry. Apart from the use of the app, the use of masks and gloves, and thermal screening of passengers will also be mandatory. “Moreover, passengers “not showing Green” on the Aarogya Setu app will not be permitted to enter into the airports,” AAI document reads. The passengers must reach the airport 2 hours…

Bahrain has reported 45 new COVID-19 cases, of which 41 are among expatriate workers, 3 are travel-related and 1 is a contact of an active case, this takes today’s cases to 356. These newly registered cases bring up the total cases in the kingdom to 7,888 and there are 4,308 active cases of which 9 are critical and the rest stable, according to the Ministry of Health.  MOH also reported 234 new recoveries from COVID-19, taking today’s recoveries to 604. It is the highest recoveries in a single day tally. This brings the total recoveries in the country to 3,568. Bahrain has…

UAE announced 941 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total cases in the country to 26,004, according to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). MoHAP also announced the death of 6 more people from COVID-19, rising the country’s death toll to 233. 1,018 new recoveries have been reported in UAE, bringing the total recoveries to 11,809, according to the health ministry. The new cases were identified after conducting more than 43,000 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, the ministry noted. The ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and wished a speedy recovery to all…

The British government is still working on the details of how it will implement quarantine measures for people arriving in the country, interior minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday. “We are still developing measures, so we are not in the position to say ‘this is how it’s going to work’,” Patel said during an interview on LBC radio. “In terms of how this will work, we will be announcing this shortly,” she said, confirming only that the duration of quarantine would be 14 days.

The Iranian navy will maintain regular missions in the Gulf, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday, a day after the United States warned mariners there to stay away from U.S. warships reported Reuters. “The naval units of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman will continue their regular missions in accordance with professional principles as in the past,” ISNA quoted an unnamed military official as saying. The U.S. warning to mariners followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat last month to fire on any Iranian ships that harass U.S. Navy vessels. The Bahrain-based…