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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them most, not to the “highest bidder,” saying relying on market forces would prolong the deadly pandemic. “If we just let drugs and vaccines go to the highest bidder, instead of to the people and the places where they are most needed, we’ll have a longer, more unjust, deadlier pandemic,” Gates, a founder of Microsoft, said in a video released on Saturday during a virtual COVID-19 conference organized by the International AIDS Society. “We need leaders to make…

Epic Games, the creator of the popular video game “Fortnite”, said on Thursday it had received a $250 million investment from Japan’s Sony Corp for a minority stake in the company. Last month, Bloomberg reported that Epic was close to raising a $750 million round of funding, from investors including T. Rowe Price Group Inc and Baillie Gifford, at a valuation of about $17 billion. Epic, which also developed the game engine “Unreal”, in 2018 received $1.25 billion in funding from investors, including KKR & Co Inc. Sony is all set to launch its next-generation console PlayStation 5 later this year,…

Seoul City Mayor Park Won-soon was found dead on Friday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, after his daughter reported him missing a day earlier. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency found his body at Mt Bugak in northern Seoul, near where his phone signal was last detected during a late night search, Yonhap said. No cause of death has yet been released. It has emerged that a female employee had filed a sexual harassment claim against Mr Park in the hours before he went missing, but there has been no confirmation that this was a factor. He did not show…

Bahrain has announced the death of an 80-year-old male citizen from coronavirus. The death toll have soared to 102. It’s the fourth death from COVID-19 reported today. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. ♦ What are the side effects of post COVID-19?, explains Dr. Jameela Al Salman ♦ Over 1,800 active coronavirus cases are asymptomatic ♦ BDF Hospital continues to take all precautionary measures The total cases have driven to 30,931 of which 26,073 have recovered, which means that over 84 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 4,756 active cases. Also, there are 85…

BP has paid Reliance Industries $1 billion to set up a joint network of thousands of petrol stations across India to tap the country’s rapidly growing energy demand. BP will hold 49% and Reliance the remaining 51% in the new company called Jio-bp, which will expand Reliance’s current 1,400 retail sites up to 5,500 over the next five years, the pair said in a statement on Thursday after announcing the venture last August. Jio-bp will also expand from 30 to 45 airports and plans to increase its staff from 20,000 to 80,000 over five years. The plan comes as billionaire…

Indian ladies Association (ILA) will be organising a webinar on Women’s health titled “Ek Saath….Sabka Swaasth” on Monday 13th July. The webinar will be on the topic “Nutrition and Obesity Prevention in Women”. Dr. MARWA Hussain, Chief of Nutrition Section, Ministry of Health has kindly consented to be the guest speaker. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation. “This is the second among the series of health topics being organised by ILA and the current topic is very apt under the current situation, said Hon General Secretary Ms. Trupti Sudeep”.

Director-General of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science announced on Thursday the arrest of four Asians for selling alcohol and offering massage services without a licence at a flat in Manama, in violation to decisions of the Health Ministry against coronavirus. He said that an investigation into received information led to their arrest red-handed. Related items and money were seized. Legal proceedings were taken, and the case was referred to the Public Prosecution.

Dr. Jameela Al-Salman, Consultant of Infectious and Internal Diseases at Salmaniya Medical Complex responded to Starvision News’s question in a press conference held by the National team to combat COVID-19, “What are the side effects of post COVID-19?” https://youtu.be/MDyv5tOtLA4 “According to the study, all recovered will have long time symptoms. 40 % of the study says it may have inflammation in the lungs, some patients may require long time use of oxygens even after recovered. Patients may suffer from heart problems, neuro system, brain and also noticed the effect on concentration in the patients in Bahrain and around the world. Patients…

Director-General of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science announced on Thursday the arrest of a man for car arson. He set the car on fire, which is owned by his friend after telling him that he will buy it and will pay the remaining money and finalise the ownership transfer process later. He said that after the reporting of a case of a fire in a car that was parked near a house in Aali, the concerned authorities rushed to the scene and distinguished the fire that reached another parked vehicle. The investigation indicated that the case was arson and the…

His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa ordered to exempt healthcare workers on the frontlines combating the coronavirus pandemic who have not been able to renew their licenses since February 2020 from paying any fines or financial dues for not renewing their licenses. HRH Premier’s order comes in appreciation of the great efforts exerted by healthcare workers to combat COVID-19 in a manner that guarantees the safety and health of the Kingdom’s citizens and residents. Bahrain had paid homage to the healthcare workers in many ways, one of those is by deciding to adopt a day for…