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The Omani MOH has announced the death of a 72-year-old foreigner with coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total number of COVID-19 deaths registered in the sultanate to 44. It’s the second death in the past 5 hours. Oman has also reported 2 deaths yesterday. The MOH extended its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. Oman has reported 10,423 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,396 recoveries, according to the MOH. Also Read: Coronavirus: Oman announces 43rd death Coronavirus: Bahrain announces 18th death; third death in 12 hours Trump postpones G7 summit; invites Russia and 3 more countries Coronavirus: Bahrain reports 2 deaths…

Bahrain MOH announced the death of a 70-year-old male Bahraini national, a registered active case of coronavirus (COVID-19) suffering from underlying and chronic health problems, taking the country’s total deaths to 18. It is the third death in 12 hours. The Ministry of Health expresses its heartfelt condolences to the individual’s family at this difficult time. The patient, along with all other active COVID-19 cases, had been placed in isolation and received extensive 24-hour treatment from a specialised medical team. About the COVID-19 Deaths: Read more about the 17th death – Click Here Read more about the 16th death – Click Here…

The US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later and expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One during his return to Washington from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Trump said the G7, whose members are the world’s most advanced economies, was a “very outdated group of countries” in its current format. “I’m postponing it because I don’t feel that as a G7 it properly represents what’s going on in the…

The Omani MOH has announced the death of a 44-year-old Omani citizen with coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total number of COVID-19 deaths registered in the sultanate to 43. The MOH extended its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. Oman has reported 10,423 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,396 recoveries, according to the MOH. Also Read: Coronavirus: Bahrain reports 2 deaths in one hour; total at 17 Coronavirus: Bahrain reports 16th death UAE: MoF announces three new decisions for federal entities Trump cutting US ties with WHO over virus [bkinfobox textcolor=”#000000″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” title=”” infobox_align=”aligncenter”] [/bkinfobox]

Bahrain MOH announced the death of a 88-year-old male Bahraini national, a registered active case of coronavirus (COVID-19) suffering from underlying and chronic health problems, taking the country’s total deaths to 17. It is the second death in 1 hour. The Ministry of Health expresses its heartfelt condolences to the individual’s family at this difficult time. The patient, along with all other active COVID-19 cases, had been placed in isolation and received extensive 24-hour treatment from a specialised medical team. About the COVID-19 Deaths: Read more about the 16th death – Click Here Read more about the 15th death – Click…

Bahrain MOH announced the death of a 59-year-old male Bahraini national, a registered active case of coronavirus (COVID-19) suffering from underlying and chronic health problems, taking the country’s total deaths to 16. The Ministry of Health expresses its heartfelt condolences to the individual’s family at this difficult time. The patient, along with all other active COVID-19 cases, had been placed in isolation and received extensive 24-hour treatment from a specialised medical team. About the COVID-19 Deaths: Read more about the 17th death – Click Here Read more about the 15th death – Click Here Read more about the 14th death…

The Ministry of Finance, MoF, issued three new decisions for federal entities across the UAE, as part of its remit to revise and reduce federal fees. These decisions are: Cabinet Resolution No. (36) of 2020 on registering suppliers in the Federal Supplier Register, Cabinet Resolution No. (37) of 2020 on amending certain provisions of Cabinet Resolution No. (4) of 2019 on Procurement Regulation and Storehouse Management in Federal Government, and Cabinet Resolution No. (38) of 2020 on amending Cabinet Resolution No. (4) of 2015 on Fees for services provided by the Ministry of Infrastructure Development. The decisions are part of…

Kuwait has reported 1008 new coronavirus cases, taking the total confirmed cases in the country 26,192, according to the Ministry of Health. 11 patients died of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to 205. 883 new recoveries have been reported in the country, raising the total recoveries to 10,156. Kuwait has done 3,661 NP swab tests in the past 24 hours, as the country ramps up its efforts to test more people and detect cases early, according to the health ministry spokesman. So far, Kuwait has conducted more than 290,013 coronavirus tests. Also…

Bahrain has reported 291 new COVID-19 cases among 196 expatriate workers and 95 contacts of active cases. These new cases bring up the total cases in the kingdom to 10,740 and there are 4,914 active cases of which 10 are critical and the rest stable, according to the Ministry of Health.  There are currently 43 COVID-19 cases receiving treatment. MOH also reported 111 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 5,811. Bahrain has so far conducted 308,698 COVID-19 tests for the early detection of the virus. So far Bahrain has reported 15 fatalities. About the COVID-19…

The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the body’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday, accusing the U.N. agency of becoming a puppet of China, Reuters reported. The move to quit the Geneva-based body, which the United States formally joined in 1948, comes amid growing tensions between Washington and Beijing over the coronavirus outbreak. The virus first emerged in China’s Wuhan city late last year. Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, Trump said Chinese officials “ignored their reporting obligations” to the WHO about the virus – that…