Yemeni Renal Patients Suffer From Lack Of Medicines

YEMEN, Mar 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mukhtar Saif, a Yemeni patient, who suffers from kidney failure, is fortunate to receive dialysis treatment at Al-Jumhori public hospital in Saada city, in north Yemen. However, the pains and sufferings remain beyond description for Saif, and many other renal patients, because of a lack…

WHO Urges Countries To Use “A Second Window Of Opportunity” To Stop COVID-19 Transmission

GENEVA, Mar 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Calling it “a second window of opportunity,” chief of the World Health Organisation (WHO), urged countries to use this critical window now, to suppress and stop transmission of COVID-19. This window of opportunity was created by those countries and regions which introduced unprecedented “lockdown” measures,…

Non-Urgent Surgery Suspended In Australia To Facilitate COVID-19 Fight

CANBERRA, Mar 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Australian government announced that, non-urgent elective surgery will be suspended, to allow more capacity in hospitals, while the country is combating COVID-19. According to the government, from 11:59 p.m. local time Wednesday, only category one and some exceptional category two surgery will continue, in…

Israel Reports 439 New Cases Of COVID-19, 2,369 In Total

JERUSALEM, Mar 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – A total of 439 people in Israel have been tested positive for the COVID-19, on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,369, the Ministry of Health said. Of the 392 patients being treated in hospitals across Israel, 39 are in serious condition…

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry Calls For Full Compliance With Measures To Combat COVID-19

MANAMA, Mar 25 (NNN-BNA) – The Ministry of Interior announced several guidelines, as part of precautionary measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19. The measures are in line with the decision of the Executive Committee, chaired by Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First…

Lebanese Pm Chairs First Meeting Of Inter-Ministerial Committee For Social Affairs

BEIRUT, Mar 25 (NNN-NNA) – Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, chaired the first meeting of the Inter-ministerial Committee for Social Affairs, in the presence of Ministers of Defence, Zeina Akar, Foreign Affairs, Nassif Hitti, Interior, Mohammad Fahmi, Social Affairs, Ramzi Musharrafieh, Economy, Raoul Nehme, Finance, Ghazi Wazni, Agriculture, Abbas Mortada, Information,…

Roundup: Iran’s COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 2,000, As Saudi Arabia Reports 1st Death

CAIRO, Mar 25 (NNN-MENA) – Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 approached 2,000, after 122 new deaths were reported on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia reported the first death from the virus. The death toll in Iran surged to 1,934, while the total number of infections rose to 24,811, after 1,762 new…

News Analysis: COVID-19 Brings Rare Calm To Gaza Strip

BEIT HANOUN, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian policeman wears a face mask as he stands outside the gate of Erez crossing with Israel here, amid the Coronavirus outbreak. Photo courtesy of Ashraf Amra/APA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa by Sanaa Kamal GAZA, Mar 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – For weeks, the blockaded Gaza Strip…

Philippine President Signs Self-Granting Special Law To Deal With COVID-19

MANILA, Mar 25 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, signed a law that authorises him to exercise “stand-by powers,” necessary to carry out urgent measures, to deal with COVID-19, Senator Christopher Go said, early on Wednesday. The act, entitled the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, was passed by the…

G20 Virtual Summit On COVID-19 To Be Held Tomorrow

RIYADH, Mar 25 (NNN-SPA) – The Saudi Arabian G20 Presidency, will host a virtual G20 Summit, on response to the COVID-19 pandemic, tomorrow, March 26, the G20 Saudi secretariat said. Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, will chair the meeting, to advance a coordinated global response to the COVID-19…
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