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The Ministry of Health has registered 253 new COVID-19 cases among 215 expatriate workers, 29 contacts of active cases and 9 are travel-related. The Ministry of Health continues to increase its testing capacity, carrying out 8160 COVID-19 tests within the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Health records 15 additional recoveries from COVID-19, increasing total recoveries in Bahrain to 2,220. The recovered cases have been discharged from dedicated treatment centres. Bahrain tested a total of 211,127 until now. There are 3,839 active cases. These include 3,833 stable cases and 6 critical cases. 2,220 people have been discharged. Only 10 deaths have…

Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro warned that more restrictive social isolation measures would break the country and said there wouldn’t be enough money to pay public sector workers. This comes one day after Brazil reported a record number of new confirmed coronavirus cases. Bolsonaro said quarantine measures already introduced by many governors across the country were making the crisis worse. “Brazil is turning into a country of poor people.” He warned, “there won’t be enough money to pay public sector workers.” On Wednesday evening, the Health Minister reported that the number of confirmed cases had risen 11,385 from the day before -…

Around 18,000 Indians living in Bahrain have registered on the Indian Embassy’s online platform to return to their homeland through the Vande Bharat Mission amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Approximately 18,000 people have registered on the Indian Embassy’s online platform.” Mr. Norbu Negi, Chargé d’Affaires of the Indian Embassy told to the Starvision News on Thursday (May 14). The third repatriation flight from Bahrain will be on Tuesday (May 19) to Telangana, which will be departing from the Bahrain International Airport to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport with 177 passengers at 1:30 PM (BAH time). The 4th repatriation flight from Bahrain and also…

131 of the prisoners released from the jails will be evacuated from Bahrain. The evacuation will take place on Sunday. The evacuation will be from the Bahrain International Airport to Cochin International Airport.

The Kuwait Health Ministry announced on Thursday the recovery of 188 people from the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the tally to 3,451. A ministry press statement said analyses and medical examinations and tests proved that these cases were cured of the coronavirus. The recovered will be transferred to the hospital recuperation ward, pending their discharge within the next few days, it noted. Kuwait has also issued a full curfew till May 30 to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

The single-day increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Russia fell below the 10,000 mark to 9,974, taking the overall tally to 252,245, the country’s coronavirus response centre said on Thursday. The single-day increase fell for the first time over the past 12 days, Xinhua news agency reported. The death toll climbed by 93 to 2,305, while 53,530 people have now recovered, including 5,527 over the last 24 hours, the centre said. Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region has confirmed 4,712 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 130,716. Russia’s consumer rights and human well-being watchdog…

The Oman Ministry of Health has announced the registration of 322 new COVID-19 cases in the Sultanate. 80 of the new cases are from Omanis and 242 cases for non-Omanis. This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Sultanate to 4,341, in addition to 17 death cases. The Ministry also pointed out that 1,303 cases have recovered. [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

Singapore’s health ministry reported 752 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking city-state’s total to 26,098. Among these are two Singaporeans and permanent residents, while foreign workers living in dormitories form the bulk of the remaining cases. More details will be released later on Thursday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. On Wednesday, 958 patients were discharged – a new daily high – as 675 more new cases of COVID-19 were identified. It was the second time this week that the number of patients discharged has exceeded the number of new cases. On Monday, 504 patients were discharged and 486 new cases announced, although MOH…

A hand grenade dating back about 100 years has been made safe by the Irish Army. The Mills bomb, assessed to date from the Irish War of Independence, was discovered at Harold’s Cross bridge in Dublin on Wednesday. The bridge, which is a main arterial route through the city, was closed for a time to traffic. The Irish Army was called to the scene at about 20:30 local time by An Garda Síochána (Irish police). After making the grenade safe at the scene, the bomb disposal team left at about 22:30. The Irish Army advised the public that anyone who…

The Bahrain Ministry of Health announced 36 new active cases, taking today’s toll to 285. 20 of the new cases announced are among expatriate workers, 13 are contacts of active cases, and 3 are travel related. The MOH also registered 10 new COVID-19 recoveries. Bahrain tested a total of 205,570 until now. There are 3,601 active cases. These include 3,595 stable cases and 6 critical cases. 2,205 people have been discharged. Only 10 deaths have been reported until now. This takes the total cases in Bahrain to 5,816. The Ministry of Health announces the death of a 60-year-old female Bahraini national, a…