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Lebanon registers new record of 1,459 coronavirus cases, 9 deaths

Date: 2020-10-07 18:33:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:8619429

BEIRUT, Oct 7 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that Lebanon recorded 1,459 new Coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. The ministry added that 9 Coronavirus deaths were also registered in the country during the last 24 ....

Algeria reports 121 new coronavirus cases, 6 deaths

Date: 2020-10-07 17:54:04 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:8619356

CAIRO, Oct 7 (MENA) – Algeria has recorded 121 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and six deaths over the last 24 hours, the spokesman of the scientific committee for monitoring the progress of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Djamel Fourar, said ....

Morocco records highest daily cases, with 2,776 infections in 24 hours

Date: 2020-10-07 17:48:12 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:8619389

RABAT, Oct 7 (MENA) - Morocco recorded in 24 hours the highest daily cases, with 2,776 infections, the Health Ministry said. Most of these new infections were recorded in Casablanca, Marrakech and Skhirat-Temara. The ministry said 2,788 new ....

EBRD shareholders approve membership of Iraq

Date: 2020-10-07 17:45:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:8619387

LONDON, Oct 7 (MENA) - Iraq has taken the first step to become a member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The 71 existing shareholders of the multilateral financial institution approved a request by the country ....

Nine deaths, 1,199 new COVID-19 cases in Jordan

Date: 2020-10-07 17:39:43 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:8619384

AMMAN, Oct 7 (MENA) - Jordan has recorded nine deaths and 1,199 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, The Health Ministry reported. The ministry said 1,190 of which are local cases, bringing the total of cases since the beginning of the crisis to ....

Sudan records 4 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-10-07 17:34:06 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:8619378

KHARTOUM, Oct 7 (MENA) - Sudan's Federal Ministry of Health reported four new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the total of infections to 13,657. In a statement, the Sudanese health ministry said that the total recoveries from ....

596 recoveries from COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia, tally at 323,208

Date: 2020-10-07 17:16:57 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:8619291

RIYADH, Oct 7 (MENA) – Saudi Assistant Minister of Health and Official Spokesman of the Ministry of Health Muhammad Al-Abdulaali said on Wednesday that 468 new confirmed cases of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in the Kingdom of ....

AL calls on member states to hold events on breast cancer

Date: 2020-10-07 16:25:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:8619114

CAIRO, Oct 7 (MENA) - Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Haifaa Abu Ghazala on Wednesday called on member states to hold several events to spread awareness about breast cancer. In a press release on the occasion of the Breast ....

UAE reports 1,046 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-10-07 14:54:45 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:8618889

ABU DHABI, Oct 7 (MENA) – The United Arab Emirates reported 1,046 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the UAE Ministry of Health said. The death toll due to the pandemic reached 436, after reporting one new death from the virus. An ....

Palestine records 510 coronavirus infections, six fatalities

Date: 2020-10-07 12:35:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:8618752

RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (MENA) – Palestine today recorded 510 new novel coronavirus infections and six fatalities, WAFA reported on Wednesday. The Health Ministry announced that 510 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious virus and six ....