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Data suggest U.S. industries appear to be adapting to business amid the nation’s coronavirus outbreak, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday, repeating his expectation that while U.S. growth will likely fall to Great Depression-era levels this quarter, it should rebound in the third quarter. “At the beginning of this, there was rapid, rapid spread sadly in the places where there are a lot of essential workers. But the variance has really, really declined over time suggesting people have learned … about safe practices,” he told CNBC, without offering any specific data.

NHS doctors have been warned to look out for a rare but dangerous reaction in children that may be linked to coronavirus infection. An urgent alert sent out to GPs said that intensive care departments in London and other parts of the UK have been treating severely sick children with unusual symptoms. This includes “multi-system inflammation” with flu-like symptoms. Some, but not all, tested positive for coronavirus. It is unclear how many children have been diagnosed with the new syndrome, although the numbers will be low. The alert, which was issued to GPs in North London by their clinical commissioning…

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said former prime minister Manmohan Singh has accepted his request for guiding a group of experts formed to come out with a post-COVID-19 revival strategy for the state, reported Indian Express. “I had written to Dr Manmohan Singh Ji to guide us along with the group of experts headed by Montek Singh Ahluwalia & I am grateful to him for accepting. We have been working hard to steer Punjab to the path of economic growth & post-COVID-19 we will again focus on same,” he tweeted. On April 25, the state government had constituted…

The Dubai Outlet Mall has been opened to the public after conducting a proper sterilisation and disinfection programme. The mall management assured the public that all safety and hygiene measures are in place as per the UAE government guidelines. The mall timings are from 12 pm to 9 pm. The mall is executing various steps to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) such as temperature check for all its customers and staff, 24-hour sanitisation of common areas, social distancing policies, signages for visitors, and asking staff to wear masks and gloves. However, the mall has restricted the entry of elderly people above…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with Chief Ministers of states via video conferencing to discuss the emerging situation and plan ahead for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the fourth such interaction of the Prime Minister with the Chief Ministers. Prime Minister underlined that the lockdown has yielded positive results as the country has managed to save thousands of lives in the past one and a half months. He added that India’s population is comparable to that of the combined population of several countries. The situation in many countries, including India, was almost similar at the start of…

Bahrain has announced 61 new COVID-19 cases of which 51 are expatriate workers and 3 are contacts of active cases and 7 are travel-related. 29 new recoveries from COVID-19 was reported. Bahrain tested a total of 117374 until now. There are 1482 active cases. These include 1480 stable cases and 2 critical cases. 1218 people have been discharged. Only 8 deaths have been reported until now. This takes the total cases in Bahrain to 2708. 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…

Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of issues at local, regional, and international arenas. Al-Bilad and Al-Yaum newspapers said in their editorials that the partial lifting of the curfew measures began yesterday, as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launches a qualitative leap in the process of confronting the Coronavirus pandemic. The papers pointed to the royal directives that orders to immediately provide the tests, devices, supplies, and medications to tackle the emerging novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The papers also said that in implementation of the royal directives, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has signed a SR 995 million…

The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on a petition seeking both domestic and international airlines to refund the complete amount of the tickets in relation to all flights cancelled due to the nationwide lockdown. A bench headed by Justice NV Ramana and comprising Justices SK Kaul and BR Gavai, while hearing the matter through video conferencing, making an oral observation said that the non-refund on the tickets booked for air travel after the lockdown was “arbitrary.” The plea has been moved by Pravasi Legal Cell through advocate Jose Abraham. The plea urged the…

As part of its Ramadan Drive, the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) distributed coupons to 57 local charities and associations registered with the Ministry of Labour and Social Development. According to Trade Arabia, this annual initiative aims to provide Bahraini families in need with added support to help them prepare for the holy month and has been part of NBB’s Donations and Contributions Programme since 2004, which is dedicated to providing for the less privileged members of the local community. The coupons are to benefit more than 7,500 Bahraini families, who will be able to redeem them at a number…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday made his first public appearance after nearly a month in hospital and many days in intensive care due to coronavirus (COVID-19). Britain was “beginning to turn the tide” in tackling COVID-19, said Boris Johnson in a statement outside his Downing Street office. This is the “biggest single challenge” UK has faced since the war, Boris said. He indicated that there will be no immediate lifting of lockdown restrictions. “We must also recognize the risk of a second spike, the risk of losing control of that virus and letting the reproduction rate go back over one…