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Qatar reports 1,501 new cases, most are expat workers
DUBAI — Qatar reported on Sunday 1,501 new coronavirus cases, and two fatalities, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country up to 34,521 and the death toll up to 23. The Ministry of Health also reported the recovery of 657 (...)

25 - 05 - 2020
India's Consulate in Dubai warns against repatriation flights scams
DUBAI — The Consulate General of India in Dubai warned Indian nationals in the United Arab Emirates of people running scams, collecting money and claiming to operate repatriation flights amid the coronavirus pandemic. "It has come to our notice that (...)

25 - 05 - 2020
Effect of sunlight and heat on coronavirus being studied: Saudi Arabia official
DUBAI — The effect of sunlight, heat and the weather on the coronavirus is being studied, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health Spokesperson Dr. Mohammed Al-Abulaali said on Sunday. A reporter during the COVID-19 daily updates press conference asked: (...)

25 - 05 - 2020
Study predicts corona ‘hidden period', end date in US, Britain, Italy, Spain
A STUDY by a Ukrainian professor predicted that the coronavirus pandemic will end no earlier than March 2021 and that the COVID-19 virus will infect more than five million people. His study also used a model to predict the dynamics of the (...)

17 - 05 - 2020
Bahrain cites new cases among expats, uses contact tracer app
DUBAI -- Bahrain reported 513 new cases of coronavirus infection and one death, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country up to 6,583 and the death toll up to 12 fatalities, according to the Ministry of Health. Out of the new cases (...)

16 - 05 - 2020
Qatar urges no Eid visits, suspends visa on arrival for European states
DUBAI -- Qatar reported on Friday 1,153 new cases of coronavirus infection, raising the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country up to 29,425. The Ministry of Health said most of the cases were expat workers who contracted the virus (...)

16 - 05 - 2020
Saudi Arabia will keep trying to take Sudan off terror list: Crown Prince
DUBAI -- Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman said on Monday the Kingdom will continue in its efforts to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. This came in a phone call he had with the head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Abdel (...)

12 - 05 - 2020
'Using vape, e-cigarettes raise chances of corona infection'
DUBAI -- Researchers in the United States found that using vape or electronic cigarettes increased an individual's susceptibility to coronavirus infection and death. The researchers studied the statistical correlation between the percentage of (...)

12 - 05 - 2020
4 families in UAE quarantined after gathering for Taraweeh
DUBAI -- The UAE reported on Monday new cases of coronavirus infections among four families which did not adhere to precautionary measures and social distancing, and gathered for Taraweeh prayers, spreading the COVID-19 virus among the family (...)

12 - 05 - 2020
Singapore researchers predict corona end dates in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar
DUBAI -- A research project by Singapore University of Technology and Design used data-based estimations to create models which show the coronavirus life-cycle in specific countries, and estimated "end dates" in specific countries, including the (...)

11 - 05 - 2020
UAE bans entry of kids under 12, seniors above 60 to malls, retail shops
DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates banned on Tuesday the entry of children under the age of 12 and seniors above the age of 60 to malls, retail shops and supermarkets, as part of the government's efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, state (...)

06 - 05 - 2020
Qatar Airways plans substantial job cuts
DUBAI -- Qatar Airways is planning to cut a significant number of jobs because travel has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, and told cabin crew to prepare for redundancies, according to a company notice seen by Reuters. The state-owned (...)

06 - 05 - 2020
UAE reports 8 new deaths, 561 infections
DUBAI -- The United Arab Emirates reported on Saturday eight new deaths and 561 new cases of COVID-19 infection, raising the total tally up to 13,599 confirmed coronavirus cases and the death toll up to 119 fatalities. The UAE also reported the (...)

03 - 05 - 2020
UAE's corona treatment doesn't kill virus: Official
DUBAI -- The UAE's newly developed stem-cell treatment for the coronavirus is not curative, as it doesn't kill the virus; it helps COVID-19 patients overcome the symptoms of the disease, Fatima Al-Kaabi, head hematology and oncology at Sheikh (...)

03 - 05 - 2020
MWL chief says Einstein ‘was not an atheist'
DUBAI -- The Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa said that German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein was "not an atheist" but rather believed in a higher power that controlled the (...)

02 - 05 - 2020
Bahrain skyline picture is not recent: Photographer
DUBAI -- Social media users circulated on Friday pictures allegedly showing the towers of Bahraini capital Manama viewed from Al-Khobar's corniche in Saudi Arabia, with many saying that was due to the reduction in air pollution amid the coronavirus (...)

02 - 05 - 2020
Dubai Police chief optimistic no new lockdowns in Dubai or UAE
DUBAI — Dubai's Police Chief Maj. Gen. Abdullah Khalifa Al-Marri said on Thursday that he was optimistic there will be no more "stringent measures" introduced in any areas in Dubai or the rest of the UAE. He was referring to the lockdowns previously (...)

01 - 05 - 2020
Bahrain reports 116 new coronavirus cases, taking total to 3,040
DUBAI — Bahrain reported on Thursday 116 new coronavirus cases, most of which were among expatriate workers, brining the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in the country up to 3,040 cases, while the death toll stood at eight (...)

01 - 05 - 2020
Qatar surpasses UAE in number of COVID-19 cases, now second highest in Gulf
DUBAI — Qatar reported on Thursday 845 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in the country up to 13,409 cases. The small Gulf nation overtook the United Arab Emirates as the country with the (...)

01 - 05 - 2020
Abu Dhabi reopens malls, sets rules for shop owners, visitors
DUBAI -- Abu Dhabi's Department of Economic Development (DED) on Monday issued a set of comprehensive health guidelines for malls in the emirate in order to allow them to re-open to the public, after they were shut down as part of the government's (...)

28 - 04 - 2020
Al-Sudais uses ‘Ozone tech' to sterilize Kaaba
DUBAI — Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, chief of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, on Monday used "Ozone tech" to sterilize Islam's holiest site, the Holy Kaaba in the Grand Mosque, amid the coronavirus outbreak. "Ozone (...)

28 - 04 - 2020
Dubai sets new rules for govt service centers to open
DUBAI -- The Dubai's Department of Economic Development (DED) issued on Sunday new guidelines for government transaction centers to resume work in line with the Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management's partial easing of restrictions on (...)

27 - 04 - 2020
Riyadh sets 13 rules to reopen malls on April 29
DUBAI — Riyadh municipality has announced 13 requirements to restore commercial activity in malls starting Wednesday (April 29), in accordance with the government's coronavirus precautionary measures. The requirements include: the continued closure (...)

27 - 04 - 2020
Bahrain extends statewide closures to May 7
DUBAI -- Bahrain will extend the closure of most public recreational activity centers and precautionary health measures until May 7, as it tries to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the government announced on Tuesday. The government has also (...)

22 - 04 - 2020
UAE university students exempt from academic dismissal, warnings
DUBAI -- Universities in the UAE are banned from issuing academic warning and dismissing students due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, said Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills, Ahmad Bin Abdullah Al-Falasi. "In (...)

22 - 04 - 2020
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