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The Oman Ministry of Health announced today the registration of 143 new coronavirus cases. 42 of the new cases are Omanis and 101 other cases are expatriates. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in Oman to 2274, with 10 deaths. The Ministry also pointed out that 364 cases have recovered from the virus.

Irrfan Khan, the Indian-born actor who achieved considerable success in both Bollywood and the west, has died aged 53. He had been admitted to the intensive care unit of Mumbai’s Kokilaben hospital on Tuesday with a colon infection. In March 2018, he revealed he had been diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour, but after extensive treatment, he recovered well enough to shoot Angrezi Medium, the film which would turn out to be his last, and whose release this March was cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic. Best known to English-speaking audiences as the police inspector in Slumdog Millionaire, Khan was also…

The Council of Representatives held today its 29th meeting as part of the second annual session of the fifth legislative term. Chairing the virtual session, Speaker Fawzia bint Abdulla Zainal expressed Ramadan greetings, praying to protect Bahrain and HM the King’s leadership and the local people and end the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) soon. She reiterated parliamentary support to journalists and all public and private sector workers, hailing their strenuous efforts, outstanding role and contribution to national development, led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa. The agenda of the parliamentary session featured a letter from  His Royal Highness, Crown Prince,…

The total people infected since the start of the outbreak topped 200,000 on Tuesday. Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 382, against 333 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said. The daily tally of new infections stood at 2,091, higher than the 1,739 recorded on Monday. The daily death toll of 382 was the highest since Saturday, and Italy’s total number of fatalities since its epidemic came to light on Feb. 21 now stands at 27,359. The total of officially confirmed cases, which includes those who have died and recovered, amounts to 201,505, the third-highest global tally…

The Ministry of Health records 64 new recoveries from COVID-19, increasing total recoveries in Bahrain to 1,310. The recovered cases have been discharged from dedicated treatment centres. Bahrain tested a total of 121,706 until now. There are 1,493 active cases. These include 1,491 stable cases and 2 critical cases. 1,310 people have been discharged. Only 8 deaths have been reported until now. This takes the total cases in Bahrain to 2,811. Read the New Guidelines in Bahrain – Click Here Bahrain has announced the death of a 36-year-old expatriate male on 23rd April, a registered active case of Coronavirus (COVID-19)…

HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, National Security Advisor and Royal Guard Commander, Major-General His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has directed to form a team from the Royal Guard to train in the Himalayas Mountains in Nepal, and deliver relief aid to the “Sherpa” community there to help them overcome the current difficult situation resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “The Royal Guard is keen to ensure the best training opportunities for its affiliates at various countries, as well as deliver food supplies to the Himalaya people, amid the current difficult circumstances they…

The UAE on Tuesday sent an aid plane containing 14 metric tonnes of medical and food supplies to Pakistan. The aid will assist approximately 7,000 medical professionals to contain the virus. The UAE delivered the first batch of critical medical supplies to Pakistan on April 2. On April 5, the second batch of 11 metric tonnes of medical supplies given by the UAE arrived in Islamabad. To date, the UAE has given more than 320 metric tons of aid to over 30 countries, supporting nearly 320,000 medical professionals in the process.

British Airways is on course to make up to 12,000 workers redundant following a collapse in global travel due to the coronavirus crisis. The airline’s parent company IAG said a restructuring and redundancy programme, that would primarily affect BA, was being put to trade unions. It reflected, the company said, group operating losses of €535m during the first quarter of the year – most of which were linked to BA. IAG said it expected the situation to deteriorate in the current second quarter – with disruption to travel demand expected to last several years.

Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, SEHA, has tested around 20,000 employees of malls and shops across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. This was done in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, ADDED, who issued a circular to reopen shopping malls in adherence to strict guidelines for the health and safety of employees, under the instruction of the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, NCEMA. Mohammed Hawas Al Sadid, CEO of Ambulatory Healthcare Services at SEHA, said, “Since the outbreak of COVID-19, we have been working closely with the UAE’s leadership and other government entities to minimise…

Over 1 billion people could become infected with the coronavirus worldwide unless vulnerable countries are given urgent help, International Rescue Committee (IRC) has warned. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said financial and humanitarian aid were needed to help slow the global spread of the virus. IRC said, “fragile countries” such as Afghanistan and Syria needed “urgent funding” to avoid a major outbreak. There have been more than 3m confirmed cases of Covid-19 worldwide with more than 200,000 deaths, in the US according to Johns Hopkins University. The IRC’s report, which is based on models and data from the World Health Organization…