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April 4, 2020
Kuwait records first corona fatality, total cases near 500
By Joanne SerriehDUBAI -- Kuwait recorded its first coronavirus death out of 479 confirmed cases, the health ministry announced on Saturday.A total of 62 new infections were confirmed over the past 24 hours, in addition to 11 recoveries.The ministry said 17 people are in the intensive care unit while 93 total have recovered. Kuwait enforced several precautionary measures last month to slow the spread of the coronavirus, including a daily ...
April 4, 2020
Dubai suspends print versions of two dailies
By Joanne SerriehDUBAI -- The print versions of two Arabic newspapers, Al-Bayan and Emarat Alyoum, have been suspended, Dubai’s media office announced on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic.The announcement comes shortly after the UAE’s National Media Council decided last month to temporarily stop the distribution of all print newspapers, magazines and marketing material, in a move to combat the spread of the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.“It is not certain ...
April 4, 2020
Transit through Bahrain open for int'l travelers
DUBAI -- Transit through Bahrain International Airport is open again for international travelers, Manama-based Gulf Air said on Saturday, though entry to the country is limited to Bahrainis and other residents during the coronavirus pandemic.“In compliance with the new regulations issued by the Bahrain Civil Aviation Authority, we are welcoming back transit passengers through Bahrain International Airport. Arrival into Bahrain remains restricted to nationals and residents,” the airline said on ...
April 4, 2020
Larijani latest in the list of corona infected top officials
By Yaghoub FazeliDUBAI -- Iran's Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani is the latest official to test positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of regime officials with the virus to 14, according to reports by state media outlets.Larijani was tested after showing respiratory symptoms then he was placed in quarantine and is undergoing treatment, the official IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.At least 13 other Iranian officials have been confirmed ...
April 4, 2020
Lebanon plans to free inmates from its overcrowded prisons
By Emily LewisOVER the past few weeks, riots have broken out in Lebanon’s dangerously overcrowded prisons as fears rise over what a coronavirus outbreak inside the prisons may look like. Now, the government is working to release thousands of detainees to ease pressure on the country’s prisons.On Thursday, Prime Minister Hassan Diab told journalists that 3,000 detainees could potentially be released under a mechanism being developed by the Justice Ministry.Lebanon ...
April 4, 2020
Informal workers in Arab world hit hardest by coronavirus crisis
By Lauren Holtmeierand Mona AlamiCORONAVIRUS lockdowns hit poor people working in the informal economy hardest, but they are also the least likely to receive aid or healthcare from the government or heed calls to stay home, experts say.In the Middle East, middle-income Arab countries like Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya have large populations of informal workers, who depend on daily wages and have small safety nets to fall ...
April 4, 2020
Disinfection program: UAE indefinitely extends curfew
By Ismaeel NaarDUBAI -- United Arab Emirates officials confirmed they are extending the nation-wide disinfection program which was supposed to conclude on Saturday, the country’s health and interior ministries confirmed in a statement.“The two ministries said new facilities and establishments would be added to the disinfection plan in all emirates of the country. The program will be subject to periodic assessment as per recommendations approved by the World Health Organization, ...
April 3, 2020
UAE reports 240 new coronavirus cases, 1 more death
Saudi Gazette reportABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates reported 240 new coronavirus cases, the highest number in a day since the outbreak of the pandemic, raising the total number of infections in the country to 1,264, the state news agency WAM reported on Friday, quoting a statement from the Ministry of Health and Prevention. The ministry also announced one more death from the deadly virus, raising the total number ...
April 3, 2020
Qatar coronavirus cases top 1,000 with 126 new infections
Saudi Gazette reportJEDDAH — Qatar recorded 126 new coronavirus cases and 21 more recoveries on Friday, Qatar News Agency reported, citing a statement the country’s Ministry of Public Health.“Some new cases are related to travelers who came to Qatar and others related to contacts,” the state news agency said in a tweet. All the new cases have been put into quarantine and are receiving the necessary medical care, the report ...
April 3, 2020
Entry of UAE residents suspended by two more weeks
Saudi Gazette reportABU DHABI — All foreign nationals holding valid residence visas will have to wait for at least another two weeks to come back to the United Arab Emirates, the state news agency WAM reported on Thursday.Quoting a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the state news agency said that the suspension of entry of all valid visa holders, who are currently outside the UAE, ...
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