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Bayer will pay up to $10.9 billion to settle litigation over the subsidiary Monsanto’s weedkiller Roundup, which has faced thousands of lawsuits over claims it causes cancer, the German-based company said Wednesday. Bayer said it was also paying up $1.22 billion to settle two additional areas of intense litigation, one involving PCB in water, and one involving dicamba, another weedkiller. The company said the Roundup settlement involves about 125,000 filed and unfiled claims. Under the agreement, Bayer will make a payment of $8.8 billion to $9.6 billion to resolve current litigation, and $1.25 billion to address potential future litigation. Any…

UAE’s sterilisation drive is complete and so movement restrictions have been lifted, said Saif Al Dhaheri, spokesperson for the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority on Wednesday. In keeping with COVID-19 precautions, while children under the age of 12 will be allowed in malls and restaurants, stringent measures must be followed, including social distancing and wearing of masks. ♦ Coronavirus: UAE announces 450 new cases, 2 deaths While travelling, people must stick to the three-people-per-car limit, unless it’s a family car. The laws and fines put in place by the UAE remain in place to ensure the safety of the citizens,…

UAE records 450 cases, and 2 fatalities from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total cases in the country to 46,133, according to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). The new death takes the total fatalities to 307. ♦ China to run human coronavirus vaccine trial in UAE 702 new recoveries were also announced, bringing the total recoveries to 34,405. This means over 73 percent of the confirmed cases have fully recovered from the virus. The new cases were found after conducting more than 40,000 coronavirus tests across the country.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom said on Wednesday he expected the number of novel coronavirus cases around the world, now at about 9.3 million, to reach 10 million next week. Tedros also told a news briefing he backed Saudi Arabia’s decision to ban pilgrims from abroad from attending the annual Haj pilgrimage to help limit the spread of the virus. He said WHO was now supporting many countries in dealing with difficulties obtaining oxygen concentrators, devices that boost the flow of oxygen to support the breathing of COVID-19 sufferers. “Demand is outstripping supply,” he said. ♦ Global coronavirus cases…

Apple Inc has acquired Fleetsmith, a San Francisco-based startup company whose technology helps businesses manage Apple’s Mac and iPad devices among their employee bases. ♦ Apple previews new iPhone software, changes to Mac chips The move is a push by Apple into the mobile device management industry, a category of business software dominated by players such as Microsoft Corp and VMware Inc. Fleetsmith announced the deal in a blog post. Apple confirmed the acquisition, but the companies did not disclose a price.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dismissed criticism on Wednesday of his government’s plans to implement local lockdowns if there are flare-ups of the novel coronavirus and of an app to trace the spread of the virus. At prime minister’s questions in parliament, the opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer suggested both systems were not yet ready before England eases its coronavirus lockdown from July 4. In response, Johnson said: “We have a very effective cluster-busting operation which is designed to ensure that we keep those outbreaks under control. “I am not going to pretend … that this thing is beaten or…

Saudi Arabia has reported 3,123 new cases and 41 deaths from coronavirus, taking the total cases to 167,267. The death toll raised to 1,387 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 2,912 patients fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total recoveries to 112,797. In line with recent trends, the majority of the new cases were in Al Hofuf (343), followed by Dammam (286) and Riyadh (284). ♦ Saudi Arabia limits the number of Hajj pilgrims amid COVID-19 https://twitter.com/media_ksa/status/1275769405494960130?s=20

Bahrain will continue to increase coronavirus testing to find new cases at an early stage and isolate them even if they don’t have symptoms and provide the proper treatment, confirmed Dr. Jameela Al-Salman, Consultant of Infectious and Internal Diseases at Salmaniya Medical Complex. “Up to today, over 494,000 coronavirus tests have been conducted across the Kingdom of Bahrain and compared to the population of the country it’s about half of the number,” said Dr. Jameela Al-Salman. 117 cases are receiving treatment, of which 36 are in a critical condition and they need oxygen supply and extensive follow-up for 24 hours. The remaining…

Kuwait has reported 846 new coronavirus cases, the majority of the cases are from citizens which is 490, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 41,879, according to the Ministry of Health. 3 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 337. 505 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 32,809. ♦ Sports activities in Kuwait to resume as coronavirus restrictions ease Kuwait has done 3,985 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test…

Making the COVID-19 cases zero is not a miracle, but it is an achievement if everyone followed the steps, said Lt. Col. Dr. Manaf Al Qahtani, Member of the National Taskforce for Combating Coronavirus (COVID-19) in a press conference. Al-Qahtani urged everyone to be responsible and follow all the precautionary measures and thanked everyone who follows the precautions. He also told not to be disappointed if others did not follow the steps and to set a good example for others. ♦ Bahrain gives utmost safety for health workers The kingdom has recorded over 23,000 coronavirus cases and 68 deaths as of Wednesday,…