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Iraqi Health minister Hassan al-Tamimi resigned Tuesday following his suspension in the wake of last month’s deadly fire which killed 130 people, including Covid-19 patients in a hospital in capital Baghdad. Al-Tamimi, reports say, submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Read more
Oman has announced it will no longer accept resignation requests from the country’s health workers as cases of covid-19 are on the increase mode. “In view of the current conditions of the corona pandemic, and what the indicators show of Read more
Kuwait Monday said citizens who have not been vaccinated against covid-19 will not be able to travel out of the country from May 22. The directive coming from the cabinet does not include people in age groups ineligible to receive Read more
Qatar, host of 2022 FIFA World Cup, would require that all visitors of the Gulf country during the global football event are vaccinated against the covid-19 pandemic, Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has hinted. “Right now there Read more
Saudi Arabia has released a list of 20 countries including Germany and the U.S whose citizens will be banned from traveling to the kingdom which is set to be re-opened for international flights from May 17. The kingdom’s national carrier, Read more
Qatar’s Embassy in the U.S is backing World Central Kitchen (WCK), a global non-profit organization to donate more than 27,000 meals across the country during Ramadan, Business Wire reports. Meshal bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Gulf country’s envoy to the U.S Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), has ordered the shipment of foodstuff aid to the Lebanon armed forces and the brotherly Lebanese people, as a personal royal donation Read more
Oman Monday said only citizens and residents will enter the country from April 8 in view of curtailing the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. The Supreme Committee to deal with the pandemic, Times of Oman notes, said it Read more
The correspondent in Tangier of German Die Welt paper, Alfred Hackensberger, has published an article on the successful unfolding of the vaccination campaign underway in Morocco, describing the Kingdom as the champion in North Africa. While Germany and other Read more
Oman has banned travelers from 10 countries from entering its territory for a period of 15 days as part measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19. Gulf state’s coronavirus committee, Zawya reports, announced the directive noting that the move Read more