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Bahrain has reported 135 new COVID-19 cases, of which 78 are among expatriate workers, 56 were a contact of an active case, and 1 was travel-related, this takes today’s total cases to 356. These newly registered cases bring up the total cases in the kingdom to 8,174 and there are 4,289 active cases of which 7 are critical and the rest stable, according to the Ministry of Health.  There are currently 26 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment, of which 7 are in a critical condition. MOH also reported 158 new recoveries from COVID-19, taking today’s recoveries to 305. This brings the total…

UAE announced 894 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total cases in the country to 26,898, according to the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). MoHAP also announced the death of 4 more people from COVID-19, rising the country’s death toll to 237. 946 new recoveries have been reported in the UAE, bringing the total recoveries to 12,755, according to the health ministry. The new cases were identified after conducting more than 43,000 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, the ministry noted. The ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and wished a speedy recovery to…

America’s billionaires saw their fortunes soar by $434 billion during the U.S. lockdown between mid-March and mid-May, according to a new report. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg had the biggest gains, with Bezos adding $34.6 billion to his wealth and Zuckerberg adding $25 billion, according to the report from Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies’ Program for Inequality. The report is based on Forbes data for America’s more than 600 billionaires between March 18, when most states were in lockdown, and May 19. The billionaire gains highlight how the coronavirus pandemic has rewarded the largest and most…

Southern Governor Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa chaired a remote security meeting, in the presence of his Deputy Brigadier Isa Thamer Al Dusari, Southern Governorate Police Director General Colonel Shaikh Abdullah bin Khalid Al Khalifa and a number of officers. The Southern Governor welcomed the audience, lauding coordination between the Southern Governorate and the Police Directorate to promote awareness. He also praised citizens’ cooperation in implementing the necessary preemptive procedures. He also got updated, through a visual presentation, on the initiatives carried out by the Southern Governorate, in cooperation with the directorate, within the framework of “Feena…

The Capital Governorate has overseen, in cooperation with the Police Directorate, the distribution of 400,000 Iftar meals to expatriate workers, within the ‘Feena Khair’ campaign during the holy month of Ramadan. Commenting, Capital Governor, Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa, said that the distribution of meals represents a humanitarian gesture within the national efforts to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and reflects the Bahraini citizens’ deep-rooted values of cooperation and solidarity, especially during difficult circumstances. The governor lauded the directives of HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, National Security Advisor and Board of Trustees Chairman of…

A tornado ripped through several villages on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least two people, damaging hundreds of homes, and fatally knocking over a cow, a disaster official said Thursday. Another six people, most with serious injuries, were taken to a hospital after the tornado touched down late Wednesday in Lampung province’s Tulang Bawang district, said Raditya Jati, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The powerful winds damaged 245 homes in three villages and knocked out power to most of the area, Jati said. The storm also threw a cow to its death, he said.…

India’s capital Delhi on Thursday reported its highest coronavirus spike with 571 cases in a day. With this, the total reached 11,659 in the national capital. No COVID-19 patient died in 24 hours, but the deaths’ number became 194 with 18 unreported additions. This is for the third time in a row that the national capital has reported its highest single-day spike. In the last 24 hours, 375 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, taking the total of those cured in Delhi to 5,567. There are 5,898 active cases in Delhi as of now. Earlier this week, the Delhi government…

China is proposing to introduce a new security law in Hong Kong that could ban sedition, secession and treason. The move is likely to provoke strong opposition internationally and in Hong Kong, which last year saw months of pro-democracy protests. China’s delayed National People’s Congress, its legislature, will debate the issue when it opens on Friday. Hong Kong’s mini-constitution requires it to bring in such a law but it failed to do so amid widespread opposition. The so-called Basic Law was introduced when the UK handed back Hong Kong’s sovereignty to China in 1997 and provides certain freedoms not available…

The Bahrain Ministry’s contact tracing programme has identified 32 additional COVID-19 cases in connection with the Bahraini family, up from 16 when the cases were first announced on 9 May 2020. Contact tracing is ongoing. On 9 May the Ministry announced the transmission of COVID-19 among 16 members of a Bahraini family who had been exposed to the virus by contact tracing case no. 2,930, a family member who attended Iftar at their brother’s house. The family had been congregating in a large group of 30 without wearing masks, not adhering to social distancing measures established by the Ministry. This…

Kuwait has reported 1,041 new coronavirus cases, taking the total confirmed cases in the country 18,609, according to the Ministry of Health. The new cases were found after 4,757 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps ups its efforts to test more people and detect cases early, according to the health ministry spokesman. So far, Kuwait has conducted more than 261,071 coronavirus tests. Some of the newly reported cases are from people who were infected due to contact between active cases, while others are under epidemic investigation. 5 patients died of the coronavirus in the…