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Kuwait reports 608 COVID-19 infections, seven deaths

Date: 2020-05-26 11:20:41 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:8445880

KUWAIT CITY, May 26 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health reported, Tuesday, 608 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally to 22,575, KUNA reported. Meanwhile, deaths in the country hit 172 after seven new ....

348 new coronavirus cases reported in Oman

Date: 2020-05-26 11:17:41 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:8445932

MUSCAT, May 26 (MENA) - The Omani Health Ministry (MOH) has registered 348 new coronavirus cases in Oman on Tuesday, The Times of Oman reported. Among those, 177 new cases were of expats and 171 of Omanis. The total cases in the country has ....

UAE registers 779 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-05-26 10:35:48 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:8445878

ABU DHABI, May 26 (MENA) - The UAE Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that as part of its intensified testing campaign, it detected 779 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases in the UAE to 31,086, WAM news agency ....

Syria reports 15 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

Date: 2020-05-26 10:05:44 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:8445849

DAMASCUS, May 26 (MENA) - The Syrian Health Ministry announced on Tuesday 15 new coronavirus cases. The new cases are Syrians coming from abroad including nine coming from Kuwait, five from Sudan and one from the UAE, said the ministry in a ....

Kuwait reports more 685 virus recoveries, taking total to 7,306

Date: 2020-05-26 09:23:25 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:8445763

KUWAIT CITY, May 26 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Health Minister Sheikh Dr. Basel al-Sabah on Tuesday confirmed the recovery of 685 additional novel coronavirus patients, bringing the total number of recoveries to 7,306 so far. Lab analyses and medical tests ....

Morocco reports 99 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 7,532

Date: 2020-05-26 05:35:42 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:8445599

REBAT, May 26 (MENA) - The Moroccan Health ministry on Monday reported 99 new infections with COVID-19, taking the total number in the North African country to 7,532. The number of the recoveries increased to 4,774 after 71 new cases were ....

Sudan confirms 5 more coronavirus deaths, 156 infections

Date: 2020-05-26 05:34:40 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:8445598

KHARTOUM, May 26 (MENA) - The Sudanese Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced that five people died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 156 others tested positive for it. The death toll rose to 170 and the overall infections reached 3,976, ....

Turkey's deployment of terrorists in Libya threatens security of regional countries- Libyan army spox

Date: 2020-05-25 22:32:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:8445582

BENGHAZI, May 25 (MENA) – Spokesman for the Libyan National Army (LNA) Ahmed al Mismari has said Turkey’s deployment of terrorists in Libya poses a threat to the national security of the region’s countries. Mismari made the remarks during an ....

Lebanese party chief calls for restoring respect to State to avoid divisions

Date: 2020-05-25 21:34:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:8445569

BEIRUT, May 25 (MENA) - Head of the Lebanese Forces Party Samir Geagea said the first step on the road to prevent any division of Lebanon lies in restoring respect to the Lebanese State, putting all firearms in the hands of the army and turning the ....

Abu Dhabi CP offers condolences to Pakistani PM tragic plane crash in Karachi

Date: 2020-05-25 20:21:48 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:8445547

ABU DHABI, May 25 (MENA) - Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed extended his sincere condolences to Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan over the victims of Friday's plane crash in ....