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Kuwait has reported 527 new coronavirus cases, the majority of the cases are from Kuwaitis which is 264, taking the total confirmed cases in the country 36,958, according to the Ministry of Health. 5 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 303. 675 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 28,206. Kuwait has done 2,755 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test more people and detect cases early, according to the health ministry. So…

Dubai Customs has foiled an attempt to smuggle 58 Vallourec counterfeit oil and gas pipes into the country. The Intellectual Property Department of Dubai Customs received a tip-off that four containers onboard a vessel coming from an Asian country are carrying 58 counterfeit oil and gas pipes. The containers were tracked and seized after a thorough technical inspection. “Counterfeiting has a damaging effect on business, the economy and the general population, and when it comes to oil and gas pipes, it can wreak havoc on the environment as well,” said Yousef Ozair Mubarak, Director of IPR Department. Commenting on the…

The wife of Ukraine’s president has been admitted to the hospital with coronavirus. It was announced last week that Olena Zelensky, 42, had tested positive for COVID-19 but that her husband Volodymyr and two children had not. It was confirmed this morning that Mrs. Zelensky had been moved to a hospital where she is said to be in a stable condition and not requiring supplementary oxygen. “The president’s wife is in isolation [and] doctors are observing her,” the presidential office said in a statement. The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ukraine has been rising for the past week after…

Oman has registered 6 deaths and 745 daily cases of coronavirus, most of the new cases are from citizens by 377 and the rest 368 from foreigners, taking the total cases to 25,269. The death toll reached 114 after reporting the new death. Meanwhile, 1,556 new recoveries were announced, bringing the total to 11,089. 2,627 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, across the sultanate. The decrease in traffic accidents contributed to the availability of intensive care rooms for patients. Also Read: North Korea blows up ‘liaison office’ used for talks with South North Korean army ‘fully ready’ for…

North Korea has blown up a joint liaison office used for talks between itself and South Korea, authorities in Seoul confirmed Tuesday, the latest sign that the relationship between the two longtime adversaries is rapidly deteriorating. The four-story building is located in the town of Kaesong on the North Korean side of the demilitarized zone that divides the two countries. North Korea has issued a number of threats against South Korea in recent days. A statement published by North Korean state media Tuesday said Pyongyang had begun an “intensive retaliatory campaign” in response to plans by a group of defectors…

North Korea’s army is ready to take action if defector groups push ahead with their campaign to send propaganda leaflets into North Korea, state media said on Tuesday, in the latest warning of retaliatory measures. The General Staff of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) said it has been studying an “action plan” to reenter zones that had been demilitarised under a 2018 inter-Korean pact and “turn the front line into a fortress.” “Our army will rapidly and thoroughly implement any decisions and orders of the Party and government,” the KPA said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news…

Bahrain has announced the death of an 80-year-old female citizen from coronavirus. The total deaths have soared to 47. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. The country has reported 469 new cases of coronavirus, among 250 expatriate workers, 198 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 21 are travel-related, after conducting over 7,000 additional COVID-19 tests. Meanwhile, 70 additional recoveries from COVID-19 were reported. The total cases have driven to 19,013 of which 13,267 have recovered, which means that over 69 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,699 active cases.…

New Zealand said on Tuesday that it has two new cases of the coronavirus, both related to recent travel from the UK, ending a 24-day streak of no new infections in the country. The new infections are a set back to New Zealand, which lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls last week, declaring it had no new or active cases of the coronavirus, one of the first countries in the world to return to pre-pandemic normality. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had warned that new cases may come up in the future as New Zealanders return home, and…

UAE records 342 cases, and 2 fatalities from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total cases in the country to 42,636, according to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). The new death takes the total fatalities to 291. 667 new recoveries were also announced, bringing the total recoveries to 28,129. This means over 65 percent of the confirmed cases have fully recovered from the virus. The new cases were found after conducting more than 27,000 coronavirus tests across the country. The ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and wished a speedy recovery to…

Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messaging service rolled out a system across Brazil on Monday that will allow users to send money to individuals or local businesses within a chat, attaching payments as they would a photo or video. WhatsApp is working with Cielo, Brazil’s largest credit and debit card operator, to process the payments. The news sent Cielo’s shares soaring 30% on a day when stocks worldwide, including in Brazil, were in red due to fears of a second coronavirus wave. WhatsApp tested the system in India beginning in 2018. The Brazil launch will be the first nationwide rollout and will…