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The Health Ministry has announced that the second group of Bahrainis will be evacuated from Iran tonight. The flight will reach Bahrain tonight, it added. The ministry said it has also activated precautionary measures to ensure the safety of citizens arriving as part of the evacuation procedure.

Bahrain’s national carrier announced today that it will restrict the entry of passengers through the Bahrain International Airport to Bahrain citizens and residents only. This was confirmed by Gulf Air on its official page on Twitter today, stating: “All passengers including transit passengers into Bahrain International Airport have been restricted to citizens and residents of Bahrain and passengers with a valid Prior Permission Granted letter.” However, no statements were available from the Civil Aviation Affairs in the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications if the same will be applied to other airlines.  This comes while many countries, including fellow GCC countries,…

Prince Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus but is in good health and is now self-isolating in Scotland with mild symptoms. Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth, is displaying what Clarence House said were mild symptoms but remains in good health and has been working from his Birkhall residence in Scotland. His wife, Camilla, 72, tested negative. “The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus,” Clarence House said. “He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last few days…

US President Trump continued to downplay the exponential spread of the coronavirus in the United States on Monday, comparing the rising death toll to the number of Americans killed in car crashes and by the seasonal flu. “We have a very active flu season, more active than most,” Trump said at a Monday briefing of the White House coronavirus task force, reverting to how he had described the coronavirus throughout February and early March before he started to take the outbreak more seriously. “It’s looking like it’s heading to 50,000 or more deaths,” he went on, speaking of flu-related mortality.…

Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month, part of what a senior agency official said was a more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks. WHO Chief Information Security Officer Flavio Aggio said the identity of the hackers was unclear and the effort was unsuccessful. But he warned that hacking attempts against the agency and its partners have soared as they battle to contain the coronavirus, which has killed more than 15,000 worldwide, Reuters reported. The attempted break-in at the WHO was first flagged to Reuters by Alexander Urbelis, a cybersecurity expert and attorney with the…

Bahrain MPs approved a proposal to give government employees working at the frontline of combatting the Covid-19 “hazard pay”. The proposal entitles all medical, security and support government employees to receive the extra allowances calculated on basic pay from February until the Covid-19 crisis is over. It would also cover volunteers depending on their contribution.

Saudi Arabia confirms its first death as a result of the coronavirus outbreak after a patient died on Monday, the health ministry announced on a press conference, adding that the total number of infections in the Kingdom reached 767 cases so far. The foreign patient’s health deteriorated quickly after reporting to a hospital emergency room in Medina and died on Monday night, health ministry spokesperson Mohammed Abdelali confirmed on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia’s health ministry said 205 new coronavirus cases were detected on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 767 so far. The Kingdom’s streets have emptied as the curfew…

It’s another dark day for Spain with a total of 39,763 cases of coronavirus confirmed across the country. Another 6,582 infections have been announced in the past 24 hours and the number of deaths has now reached 2,696. The capital Madrid continues to be the epicenter of Spain’s pandemic, with 1,535 deaths. The north-east region of Catalonia is now also becoming a big cause for concern with 1,939 cases in the past day, higher than Madrid. Health emergency chief Fernando Simón has stressed that almost 3,800 people have now recovered from the virus but 2,636 remain in intensive care. “This…

China has announced it will lift the lockdown on Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, on April 8, marking a significant milestone in its battle against the deadly outbreak. The date comes more than two months after the city was first sealed off from the outside world, in an unprecedented bid to contain the fast-spreading virus. Similar lockdown measures will be lifted Wednesday for other cities in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, provincial authorities announced Tuesday. The easing of travel restrictions follows a significant reduction in new infections in Hubei, with new cases dropping to zero for…

Bahrain tested a total of 26646 until now. There are 210 active cases. These include 208 stable cases and 2 critical cases. 177 people have been discharged. Only 3 death has been reported until now. Read more about the third death – Click Here Read more about the second death – Click Here