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India reported 16,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, its highest daily increase since the outbreak began, and the government called in the army to manage new treatment centres with thousands of additional hospital beds in New Delhi. At more than 456,000 confirmed coronavirus cases so far, India is the fourth worst-hit country in the world, behind the United States, Brazil and Russia, according to a Reuters tally. Cases are expected to keep rising as state governments ease restrictions in place since lockdown was first imposed in late March. New Delhi, the sprawling capital of more than 20 million people, also…

Thailand plans to allow some foreign travellers into the country starting next week, as it eases restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, a senior official said on Wednesday. The first group of foreigners that have registered for 14-day state quarantine include those with work permits, investors and business executives, said Taweesin Wisanuyothin, spokesman for the government’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration. The new measures will be subject to approval by the government’s task force that meets on Monday, he said, adding that medical tourists would also be allowed entry. The Thai aviation regulator has banned international…

The French government is sending medics and aid to the South American territory of French Guiana amid a surge in virus infections there. The French military has ferried patients from Guiana, which borders Brazil, to hospitals in the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The minister for overseas territories, Anick Girardin, traveled to Guiana on Tuesday and promised more aid, saying “the state will be there for you,” according to local broadcaster Guyane 1er. She said she would discuss the possibility of reimposing confinement measures for the territory’s 300,000 people and canceling upcoming elections to stem the spread. The R number,…

Oman has registered 2 deaths and 1,142 new cases of coronavirus, most of the new cases are from citizens by 671 and the rest 471 from foreigners, taking the total cases to 33,536. The death toll reached 142 after reporting the new deaths. Meanwhile, 693 new recoveries were announced, bringing the total to 17,972. 3,585 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, across the sultanate.

Iran would be open to talks with the United States if Washington apologises for exiting a 2015 nuclear deal and compensates Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the pact between Iran and six world powers in 2018 and reimposed sanctions – saying the agreement did not do enough to contain Tehran’s missile programme and regional influence. Iran prepared to fight back if U.S. stopped Venezuela-bound tankers “We have no problem with talks with the U.S., but only if Washington fulfils its obligations under the nuclear deal, apologies and compensates Tehran for…

Bahrain has announced the death of a 75-year-old male citizen from coronavirus, the total death toll reached 68. The MOH expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased. Coronavirus: Bahrain confirms 655 new cases, 2 deaths The total cases have driven to 23,062 of which 17,450 have recovered, which means that over 75 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,544 active cases. Also, there are 117 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 36 are in a critical condition. So far the country has conducted 494,028 tests, as per the government statics.

German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday stressed that the coronavirus remains a risk after the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday put two municipalities back into lockdown following an outbreak at a meatpacking plant. Guetersloh and the neighbouring town of Warendorf became the first areas in Germany to fall back under lockdown measures that had been gradually lifted since the end of April. “We’re seeing that if we make it too easy for this virus, it spreads very, very quickly again – we’re not only seeing that in Guetersloh – we’ve also seen it in Goettingen, in…

One Turkish soldier was killed and two others were wounded in southeast Turkey as they came under fire from the Iranian side of the border, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday in a statement that did not say who had shot at its soldiers. The soldiers were conducting reconnaissance and surveillance mission at the border town of Yuksekova in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari, the ministry said. Iran prepared to fight back if U.S. stopped Venezuela-bound tankers Turkey has been fighting against Kurdish militant group PKK along its borders with Syria and Iraq for several decades.

North Korea has decided to suspend military action plans against South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday, as a report suggested North Korean troops were taking down loudspeakers recently reinstalled at the fortified border. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over a video conference meeting of the ruling party’s Central Military Commission on Tuesday, where members “took stock of the prevailing situation” before deciding to suspend the military plans, the report said, without elaborating. The committee also discussed documents outlining measures for “further bolstering the war deterrent of the country,” KCNA reported. Political tensions between the…

Bahrain has reported 655 new cases of coronavirus, among 379 expatriate workers, 264 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 12 are travel-related, after conducting over 8,300 additional COVID-19 tests on Tuesday. The death toll stands at 67, as 2 new deaths were reported in the kingdom. Meanwhile, 588 additional recoveries from COVID-19 were reported. Bahrain: School results to be announced electronically, certificates to be emailed The total cases have driven to 23,062 of which 17,450 have recovered, which means that over 75 percent of the confirmed cases have recovered from the virus. Currently, there are 5,545 active cases. Also, there are…