Iran Press/Middle East: Coronavirus infections in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia rise after curfews were fully lifted last month.
Saudi Arabia's coronavirus infections have surpassed 200,000 and neighboring United Arab Emirates 50,000, with the number of new cases climbing after the Arab world's two largest economies fully lifted curfews last month.
Restrictions had been in place in both countries since mid-March and their gradual lifting has allowed commercial businesses and public venues to reopen.
Other Persian Gulf countries have also moved to ease restrictions, although Kuwait has maintained a partial curfew, and Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman did not impose one at all.
Qatar Sunday reports 616 new cases of Covid-19, five deaths, and 92284 recoveries.
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Sunday announced 616 new cases of Coronavirus disease (Covid-19), five deaths, and 1897 recoveries during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 128 and recoveries to 92284.
Following the surge of the virus in the country, Qatar Airways now demands passengers wear face shields in addition to a face mask.
The airline has decided to make the new rule mandatory for all passengers, even children over the age of two, and must be worn from when they are received - either at check-in at Hamad International Airport (HIA) or at the departure gate at all other airports.
Yemen was already in the grip, the UN said, of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Now it has cases of Covid-19, which could spread fast in impoverished, overcrowded communities.
In Oman, the health minister warned that there had been a disturbing surge in infections in the last six weeks and urged people to comply with health measures.
In a statement, the Omani Health Ministry said ten people had died from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 213.
A further 1,072 people tested positive for the virus, pushing the figure to 46,178, while 949 patients recovered, taking the overall recoveries to 27,917.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization says member states reported more than 212,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to the global body, the highest single-day increase since the start of the pandemic.
The Geneva-based WHO said the highest number of new infections was reported from the Americas region, which includes the United States and Brazil, with almost 130,000 confirmed cases.
Worldwide cases have reached 11.4 million while 6.04 million patients have recovered, according to the latest tally. The number of deaths worldwide hit more than 534,000.
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