Middle East

Jeddah, May 5: The GCC is tightening its medical screening process for newly arriving expats in an effort to keep the region free from communicable diseases. The six-state bloc also intends to keep a close watch on accredited health centers in various cities in manpower-exporting countries. Many Asian nationals have been deported after arriving in the Kingdom because despite being declared

Jeddah, May 4: Health authorities on Saturday reported 18 new infections from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus and raised the death toll to 111 in the kingdom, up from 107 on Friday. In its latest MERS update on its website, however, the Ministry of Health mentioned only two new fatalities: a 69-year-old woman in Makkah, who was suffering from tuberculosis and anemia, and a

Riyadh/Jeddah, May 3: Seven fresh cases of coronavirus (MERS-CoV) were reported on Friday bringing the total number of infected cases in the Kingdom to 378 including 107 deaths since September 2012. No fatalities due to the virus have been reported in any part of the Kingdom on Friday, said a Health Ministry official. Acting Health Minister Adel Fakeih, meanwhile, said his ministry was currently

Jeddah, May 1: Two new deaths from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Saudi Arabia has jacked up the toll to 107, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday. Sixteen new cases were also confirmed over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cases diagnosed in the kingdom to 361, the MOH said in its webpage on MERS. It said the two fatalities included a 41-year-old man

Cairo, Apr 28: An Egyptian court has sentenced 683 people, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to death. In a separate case, the same court also reversed 492 death sentences out of 529 it passed in March, commuting most of the death sentences to life in prison, the AFP news agency reported. Monday's hearing in the southern province of Minya comes amid a brutal crackdown on Morsi

Jeddah, Apr 25: Saudi authorities reported 12 new MERS cases on Thursday, including two fatalities, as Acting Health Minister Adel Fakeih appointed Dr. Tariq Ahmed Madani of King Abdulaziz University Hospital as his new medical adviser to combat the deadly diseases. Fakeih, who is also the Labor Minister, also ordered the transfer of coronavirus cases to King Saud Hospital in north Jeddah

Riyadh, Apr 23: Over 20 experts from abroad are scheduled to arrive in the Kingdom shortly to join discussions on how to contain the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus, said Labor Minister and Acting Health Minister Adel Fakeih on Tuesday. “We will contact medical experts in the US, Europe and Asia and take advantage of their knowledge and expertise,” Fakeih told reporters after

Sharjah, Apr 22: Many of them were living in abandoned or under-construction buildings. Jihad Sahoh, Director of the Search and Investigation Department, said the arrested suspects were engaged in various illegal activities like begging. Some of them were found to be absconders from their sponsors and working illegally. “We have found that most of the arrested suspects were staying in deserted

Dubai, Apr 21: There some individuals who misuse Islam to achieve personal goals and spread violence and terrorism, said Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, chief imam of Makkah’s Grand Mosque. He was addressing the Dubai International Peace Convention on Saturday. “Such misuse is incorrect as Islam seeks to build and not destroy, to improve life for humankind and not worsen it.” The three-day

Riyadh, Apr 20: Companies with at least 1,000 workers are being given four more months to implement a wage protection system that was introduced by the Labor Ministry last year in a bid to ensure employees’ rights. The ministry’s decision to postpone the implementation of the fourth phase of the protection bill for companies with more than 500 workers, originally scheduled for July 1, to Nov. 1