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A four-month-old Bahraini baby girl has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). According to the latest update from the Health Ministry’s contact tracing data, the baby girl tested positive after coming in contact with two other coronavirus positive cases. The latest update also includes a large number of expat workers from India and Bangladesh, as well as several Bahrainis from the International COVID-19 Repatriation Programme.

Singapore will be closing schools and most workplaces, except for essential services like supermarkets and banks, for a month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said today, as part of stricter measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. While the city has won international praise for its efforts to stem the spread of the virus, its infections have been rising sharply in recent weeks, to 1,114 today, and five people have died. “We have decided that instead of tightening incrementally over the next few weeks, we should make a decisive move now, to pre-empt escalating infections,” Lee said in a…

M.A Yusuf Ali, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Lulu Group donated Rs. 25 crores to PM Narendra Modi’s Cares Fund to fight novel coronavirus (COVID-19). He had also donated Rs. 10 crores to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s Relief Fund. He also gave concession for a month’s lease of rent to the businessmen of Edappally Lulumal and Y Mall in his hometown of Thrissur. Rs. 12 crores was given as concession for both the malls. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1245987158478819334?s=20

Industry and Commerce Minister Zayed bin Rashid Alzayani has today issued an edict fixing the price of face masks and ensuring their availability amid soaring demand as the country battles the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The SURGICAL FACE and N95 FACE types of masks will be priced respectively at 140 Fils and BD1.4  as a maximum selling price for the consumer per piece for a period of three months from the date of implementation of the provisions of this edict. Under the ministerial edict, it is prohibited to export all kinds of medical face masks for a period of three months,…

People across Bahrain joined hands to clap in tribute to healthcare workers fighting on the frontlines against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The campaign, “Clap for our Carers”, took place tonight at 8 PM as Bahrainis and residents clapped for nurses, doctors and other medical professionals from their balconies, gardens and living rooms. https://twitter.com/UKinBahrain/status/1245770156137119744?s=20

The Ministry of Education gave the green light, allowing all teachers to work from home as from Sunday, corresponding to the 5th April 2020. The measure followed the directives of the Executive Committee, chaired by  His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier. It is also in line with the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) directive 6 of 2020,  allowing ministries, entities, and government departments to increase the rate of distance work to 70% as a maximum. “The Ministry of Education has thus achieved the required 70% cap of its overall human resources”, said…

Bahrain tested a total of 36506 until now. There are 258 active cases. These include 255 stable cases and 3 critical cases. 381 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 Inspection Directorate at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism, today oversaw the sale of the first batch of seized fruit and vegetables. The directorate’s team also monitored the prices of fruit and vegetables at various outlets across the kingdom’s directorates and said that their prices fell by about 30%. Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister, Zayed bin Rashid Al-Zayani, said that that the sale of the sized products will continue on a daily basis, commensurate with the market needs, noting that the Inspection Directorate will continue its campaigns to ensure the flow of basic products and stability of their…

Bloomberg News reports that the US intelligence community has concluded that China is “intentionally” hiding the true numbers of its coronavirus cases and fatalities — a fact that should surprise no one, and is yet another way Beijing has made the pandemic a bigger problem for the rest of the world. If Beijing had reported the true size of the outbreak there, public-health experts would’ve been sounding much louder alarms at the start — and the rest of the world would have begun making much greater preparations, sooner. COVID-19 has claimed at least 42,000 lives worldwide. A University of Southampton study…

In line with the directives of the Government Executive Committee, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, to encourage work from home for public institutions whenever possible, Civil Service Bureau (CSB) President, Ahmed bin Zayed Al-Zayed, announced allowing ministries, entities, and government departments to increase the rate of distance work to 70% as a maximum. The CSB instruction will be implemented starting from Sunday, April 5 and continue until further notice. It will be applied according to the work requirements, provided that the services delivered…