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Bahrain has announced 26 new recoveries from COVID-19 and registered 44 new active cases of which 32 are expatriate workers and 10 are contacts of active cases and 2 are travel-related. Bahrain tested a total of 113436 until now. There are 1439 active cases. These include 1437 stable cases and 2 critical cases. 1186 people have been discharged. Only 8 deaths have been reported until now. This takes the total cases in Bahrain to 2633. 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…

Russia reported 6,361 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, pushing its national tally to 80,949. 66 people succumbed to the virus in the past day, bringing the death toll to 747, Russia’s official crisis response center said.

Israel’s Corsight AI, which has developed technology to recognize faces concealed by masks, goggles and plastic shields, raised $5 million from Awz Ventures, a Canadian fund focused on intelligence and security technologies, reported Reuters. Corsight said on Sunday it will use the funds to market the platform and to continue development. In March, China’s Hanwang Technology Ltd said it has come up with technology that can recognize people when they are wearing masks, as many are today because of the coronavirus. Corsight said it offers a facial recognition system able to process information captured on video cameras and can address…

An additional 5 charter flights will bring home more than 1,250 British travellers to the UK from Bangladesh. This brings the total number of special charter flights organised by the UK Government from Bangladesh to nine. Once completed, they will have brought back more than 2,100 British travellers in total. Four in-country connecting flights between Sylhet and Dhaka are also taking place. These will run on 29 April and 1, 5, and 7 May. Foreign Office Minister of State, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon said “This weekend, a total of 850 British travellers are due to return to the UK…

The US peace envoy to Afghanistan on Sunday called on the country’s feuding leaders to set their differences aside to combat the coronavirus pandemic and advance a stalled peace agreement signed with the Taliban earlier this year. The well-being of the Afghan people and the country itself depend on all parties devoting their full energies to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the shared enemy of all,” Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted early Sunday. He said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, who each declared himself the victor in September’s election, should “put the interest of the country ahead of their…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the nation on the issue of coronavirus through his monthly radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat’ amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. “Have been getting several insightful inputs for this month’s #MannKiBaat. Do tune at 11 am tomorrow,” PM Modi had tweeted yesterday. ‘Covid-19 has changed how we view things. I am so happy to see the immense appreciation for the working of sanitation workers, our police forces. The appreciation for doctors, nurses, healthcare workers is exceptional,’ PM Modi said. “Do what you can to improve immunity. Keep in mind that our traditional systems offer great…

About 21 more special flights will set off from May 1 to 10 to repatriate stranded Pakistanis in UAE. 15 of the flights will be operated by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) while 6 other flights will be operated by the UAE based airlines. Over 4600 passengers will be able to travel on these special flights. This is in addition to the already announced five flights scheduled to take off from UAE on April 28. Zulfiqar Bukhari, Special Assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis“ Even with increased capacity, I request our overseas Pakistanis to avoid unnecessary travel and…

Kuwait has operated 57 flights over the last week to repatriate citizens stranded overseas amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Kuwait News Agency reported. Domestic airlines Kuwait Airways and Jazeera Airways have been working with the government to conduct special flights from different global destinations to return Kuwaitis to the country. The recent repatriation missions have covered several destinations including Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Tunis, and Istanbul to as far as Manila, London, and New York. The third phase of evacuation will be carried out in the coming days which will involve another 35 flights to destinations including Hail in Saudi Arabia, Moscow,…

A first-of-its-kind marketplace for the telecom industry has been announced in the UAE, which will help users make the most out of their mobile plans, reported Khaleej Times. Aladdin.Life – which is chaired by former du CEO Osman Sultan – aims to connect customers to a platform that will help them discover, compare and make informed decisions about mobile and broadband plans and home services in the UAE. “Being connected has been a very vital part of what we do,” he said during a video conference on Sunday. “And now, more than ever, it is even more important in the…

Kuwait’s Health Minister Dr. Basel AI-Sabah announced the recovery of 150 people from the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the tally to 806, KUNA reported. The minister said analysis and medical examinations and tests proved that these cases were cured of the virus. The recovered will be transferred to the hospital recuperation ward, pending their discharge during the next two days, he said.