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Iran, hard hit by covid-19, Wednesday said it has the capacity to supply neighboring countries with testing kits in the combat against the disease. Alireza Biglari, head of Iran’s local Pasteur Institute, told state-run News Agency molecular diagnostic kits produced Read more
Oman’s Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is contemplating a cut in staff working on its oil and gas projects in response to the spread of the coronavirus, Bloomberg reports. The cut is in plan and is in discussion with contractors, PDO Read more
Turkey’s Boxing Federation has slammed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two of its athletes and head coach contracted Covid-19 during qualifying bouts for the 2020 Games in London. Athletes, Serhat Güler and trainer Seyfullah Dumlupınar, of Turkish boxing team Read more
Iran, which had invited Doctors without Borders to send a team of doctors to help address the fast-spreading Covid-19, made a U-turn, fearing the doctors of the international humanitarian organization would be spies. Iranian officials rejected the offer of Read more
Kuwait’s banking association has decided to postpone repayment of loans and credit card facilitations for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) to help address the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The measure, which also includes interest, Read more
Kuwait Wednesday outlawed temporarily the employment of domestic workers as part of a set of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus, which has infected 148 people in the Gulf country. Major General Talal Marafi, the Interior Ministry’s assistant Read more
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has ordered the creation of a 10 billion dirham ($1 billion) fund to upgrade health infrastructure and help vulnerable economic sectors impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. According to the King’s office, the fund will help Read more
Kuwait will from Friday suspend all commercial flights to and from the country as authorities embark on curbing the spread of the “pandemic” which has already infected 80 people in the Gulf country. Authorities also “forbid” meetings in restaurants, cafés Read more
Lebanon Tuesday registered its first death case linked with the Coronavirus as the government takes measures to deal with the fast-spreading virus. A 56-year old Lebanese man who was receiving treatment at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri state hospital passed away, the Read more
The Central Bank has banned retail lenders from freezing accounts of customers who lost their jobs or after retirement in a move to “protect consumer interests and promoting sound and fair banking practices”, Zawya reports. The ban, the Central Bank Read more