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Record Global Corona Surge TWITTER SPORTS @newsofbahrain WORLD 6 Hurricane Hanna threatens coronavirus-stricken Texas INSTAGRAM Marquez quits, /nobmedia 26 Quartararo grabs LINKEDIN SUNDAY newsofbahrain JULY, 2020 Andalucia pole 210 FILS WHATSAPP ISSUE NO. 8547 Fabio Quartararo 3844 4692 clinched a second FACEBOOK consecutive pole /nobmedia position for Petronas MAIL Yamaha at the Anda- [email protected] lusian Grand Prix in WEBSITE Jerez | P 08 newsofbahrain.com Billie Eilish to release new song ‘My Future’ next week 7 CELEBS BUSINESS 4 AUB, Forbes Family Trust forge new partnership Avoid Eid gatherings.. and commit to wearing face masks in public HM King, Turkey prez hold phone call Manama Record global corona surge is Majesty King Ham- Had bin Isa Al-Khalifa and President Gurbanguly Single-day cases break records in every global region Berdimuhamedow of Turk- menistan yesterday held a Agencies The true numbers of both cas- telephonic conversation es and deaths are almost certain- over further boosting ties lmost 40 countries ly underreported, particularly in all fields. have reported record We’re asking everyone in countries with poorer health The extensive conversa- Asingle-day increases in to treat the decisions care systems, health experts and tion hailed the advanced coronavirus infections over the about where they go, officials say. For this report, the level of bilateral relation past week, around double the data was restricted to countries and agreed to step up coop- number that did so the previous what they do and who that provide regular daily num- eration, especially in politi- week, according to a tally show- they meet with as life- bers. cal, economic and humani- ing a pick-up in the pandemic in and-death decisions – A surge in cases usually tarian fields. every region of the world. because they are precedes a rise in deaths by a The rate of cases has been in- WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) couple of weeks. creasing not only in countries DIRECTOR-GENERAL TEDROS ADHANOM The United States remains like the United States, Brazil at the top of the case list, this Turkey, Qatar and India, which have dominat- week passing more than 4 mil- recruit mercenaries ed global headlines with large lion cases and recording more Agencies outbreaks, but in Australia, Ja- Data shows a steady rise in countries reporting record daily increases than 1,000 deaths for four con- pan, Hong Kong, Bolivia, Sudan, secutive days. Brazil and India Ethiopia, Bulgaria, Belgium, has already changed the way we ficial reports, shows a steady - which epidemiologists say is urkey and Qatar re - Uzbekistan and Israel, among live our lives,” World Health Or- rise in the number of countries still likely months from hitting Tcruited more than others. ganisation (WHO) Director-Gen- reporting record daily increases its peak - have also exceeded 1 2,000 Somali mercenaries Many countries, especially eral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreye- in the virus that causes COVID-19 million cases. to fight in Libya alongside those where officials eased ear- sus said this week. “We’re asking over the past month. At least In the Middle East, Oman the Government of National lier social distancing lockdowns, everyone to treat the decisions seven countries recorded such imposed new restrictions that Accord (GNA), Al Arabiya are experiencing a second peak about where they go, what they 4 increases three weeks ago, ris- begin on Saturday in addition to quoting Somali Guardian more than a month after record- do and who they meet with as The US remains at the ing to at least 13 countries two a two-week lockdown that will news website reported. ing their first. life-and-death decisions – be- top of the list with 4 weeks ago to at least 20 coun- overlap the Islamic feast of Eid Some of the Somali youths “We will not be going back to cause they are.” million cases tries last week and to 37 coun- al-Adha after reporting a record recruited by Doha and An- the ‘old normal’. The pandemic The data, compiled from of- tries this week. number of cases. kara told Somali Guardian that “many of their coun- try-mates were already de- ployed on the frontlines in Pilgrims arrive in Mecca Libya and were waiting to ‘Brazil’s most famous cobra’ sparks be sent to areas of active combat.” trafficking probe, draws fans AFP | Brasilia BAHRAIN cobra that bit a veteri- nary student in Brazil, “In less than a week, TOTAL CASES A putting him in a coma, I have taken revenge has turned into a celebrity by 38,747 sparking an investigation into on my oppressor, an alleged exotic animal traf- dismantled an animal ACTIVE CASES ficking ring. trafficking ring, freed 3,405 The monocled cobra, which more than 16 friends, is native to Asia, bit 22-year-old helped a shark and DEATHS Pedro Krambeck Lehmkuhl on struck fear in the July 7 in Brasilia, sending doc- 137 tors on a frantic search for the traffickers’ hearts” DISCHARGED right antivenom -- so rare in Brazil that the lone doses had IBAMA, over suspicions they tuguese -- has meanwhile be- 35,205 to be rushed from Sao Paulo. facilitated fraudulent import come an internet sensation, af- NEW CASES Questions about how the permits for a wildlife traffick- ter being found near a shopping snake ended up at the student’s ing ring. center where it was allegedly 289 apartment soon turned into a The student’s mother and abandoned by a friend of Le- CRITICAL police investigation that found stepfather, a police colonel, hmkuhl’s trying to get rid of The first batch of pilgrims from the Qassim province arrives at the King 16 other snakes at a property were also questioned and fined evidence. 51 Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah for Hajj pilgrimage which will belonging to a friend of Lehm- 8,500 reals (about $1,600) each A Twitter account opened have limited attendance this year due to coronavirus pandemic. They will kuhl’s, as well as three sharks, on a charge of obstructing jus- in the snake’s name, @najao- 210 fils (includes VAT) be followed by arrivals from Madinah, Riyadh, Abha, Tabuk and Jizan. Only seven more snakes, a Moray tice. riginal, has nearly 50,000 fol- about 1,000 pilgrims are allowed to take part in Hajj this year, compared to eel and a Tupinambis lizard at Lehmkuhl, who spent six lowers. 2.5 million participants last year. Those allowed to participate this year will another property. days in the hospital, was re - The snake is now living at the have to remain in quarantine in their hotels before and after the pilgrimage. So far the probe has led to the leased and fined 61,000 reals. Brasilia Zoo, which showed off Around 70 per cent of the attendees are foreign nationals residing in the firing of two officials at the Bra- He is still under investigation. “Brazil’s most famous cobra” in kingdom and 30 pc are locals. zilian environmental regulator, The cobra -- “Naja,” in Por- an Instagram live video Friday. SUNDAY, JULY 26, 2020 02 Woman, three 52pc construction waste others in the dock over 35,205 recoveries recycled in 2019: Minister TDT | Manama immoral acts TDT | Manama TDT | Manama ahrain recycled nearly 355,000 63-year-old expatri- Btons of construction waste in olice nabbed three men ate man is the King- 2019, more than half of such waste Pand a woman for forcing A dom latest victim to produced last year, said Works Min- two girls to perform immor- the COVID-19 battle. ister. al activities by holding them Bahrain’s ministry of Nearly 52 per cent of the construc- in captivity. health announced the death tion and demolition waste produced Officers at the Directorate on its Twitter handle yes- last year were recycled and reused of Anti-human Trafficking terday. With this, the total for road works, said Essam Khalaf, and the Protection of Public number of deaths in the the minster of Works, Municipal Morals took the suspects Kingdom reached 137. Affairs and Urban Planning. into custody, said Director There are currently 74 Playing a substantial role in this Minister during a field visit, yesterday. General of the General De- COVID-19 active cases in the effort was the recycling plant com- (Courtesy of AlAyam) partment of Investigation Kingdom receiving treat- missioned in January last year, the and Criminal Evidence. ment at various facilities, minister said during a field visit. were used for making internal paths A tip-off received led to out of which 51 patients are Nass Asphalt bagged the 10-year of the landfill, as well as for pillars of identifying the suspects and admitted to Intensive care. deal to separate construction and the landfill boundaries.” rescuing the victims. There are also some 3,405 demolition waste and convert it into The minister also pointed out that Search operations were active cases in the Kingdom, ducted since the recording active cases. No travel trav- materials that can be used in infra- by employing modern technologies, conducted based on a war- of which 3,354 patients are of the first case in the King- el-related cases reported. structure projects, an earlier report the authority has also extended the rant issued by the Public in a stable condition. dom to780,081. New 379 recoveries also has said. life of the landfill by an additional six Prosecution. Health Ministry an - The Kingdom also detect- reported yesterday, increas- On Bahrain’s waste management years, from two years. Legal measures are taken nounced conducting 8,581 ed 289 new cases yesterday ing the number of people strategy, the minister said the King- The whole operation is now bet- to refer the case to Public COVID-19 tests yesterday, which includes 151 expatri- cured of their infection till dom attaches great importance to it, ter organised, which also enhanced Prosecution.
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