Former West Indies star opener Chris Gayle has amassed 553 sixes over his decorated career
The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Sunday reported 1,249 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 977 recoveries and no deaths.
Total active cases stand at 15,909.
The new cases were detected through 244,931 additional tests.
The total number of cases in UAE as on June 12 are 917,496, while total recoveries stand at 899,292. The death toll now stands at 2,305.
A more contagious subvariant of the Covid-19 Omicron strain has slipped into Russia, a senior official at the national consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said.
Kamil Khafizov, the head of genome research at Rospotrebnadzor’s Central Research Institute for Epidemiology, told reporters that two national labs had submitted the viral genome of BA.4 sublineage to the VGARus database.
“Samples date back to late May,” Khafizov said.
The scientist added that the BA.2 subtype still accounted for 95% of all new cases in Russia.
“A number of studies published recently have revealed that variants, known as BA.4 and BA.5, are a little bit more transmissible that the early forms of Omicron,” he said.
Meanwhile, 8,582 fresh Covid-19 infections were recorded in India in the last 24 hours, informed Union Health Ministry on Sunday. This is the highest recorded tally in three months.
As the infections surge, the active Covid caseload in the country stands at 44,513, constituting of 0.06 per cent of India’s total positive cases.
Former West Indies star opener Chris Gayle has amassed 553 sixes over his decorated career
His contract expires in 2025 but there are reports Osimhen could seek to leave the club in January
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Zhang, who has already claimed the 200m fly crown in Hangzhou to go with her Olympic gold, surged to the wall in a new Games-record 55.86sec
All-rounder Maxwell claimed 4-40 in 10 overs of spin as India were bowled out for 286 in 49.4 overs
The 15-player squad as well as coaching and support staff landed in Hyderabad, the southern Indian city, from Dubai
The third phase of the initiative focuses on proactively creating a fundamental shift in the mindset of government sector employees
Thai ambassador noted that completion of the agreement and strong participation in the upcoming COP28 are his top priorities in the coming months