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The new measure, which comes into force on Sunday (June 7) follows the directives of the Government Executive Committee chaired by Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and is in line with the recommendation made by the country’s National Medical Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19). — Bahrain News Agency photo
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India has zeroed it on these 13 cities as they have 70 percent of all the positive COVID-19 cases in the country, the government’s Cabinet Secretariat said in a press release after the meeting. — Courtesy photo
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