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UK rolls out red carpet for Qatar’s Emir

The Gulf Indians — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:12:26 +0000

LONDON: His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, is on a two-day state visit to the UK.

Sheikh Tamim, has received a ceremonial welcome in central London marking the start of a two-day state visit.King Charles III met the Emir with a handshake at Horse Guards Parade, where the Qatari national anthem was played and a royal salute took place.
The ceremony was also attended by Prince William and his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales, who escorted the royal Qatari couple in a procession to the ceremonial parade ground near Buckingham Palace.

The visit by the emir and his consort, Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad Al Thani, will include talks at Downing Street with the country’s Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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2,216 new cases of COVID-19 detected in Kerala on March 28

The Gulf Indians — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 13:02:56 +0000

COVID-19 has been confirmed for 2,216 people in Kerala today. The district-wise break-up of the infected are Kozhikode 403, Kannur 285, Ernakulam 220, Malappuram 207, Thrissur 176, Kasaragod 163, Thiruvananthapuram 147, Kottayam 139, Kollam 127, Alappuzha 93, Pathanamthitta 82, Wayanad 64, Palakkad 63 and Idukki 47.
One person from the UK confirmed COVID-19 within the last 24 hours. COVID-19 has so far been confirmed for 109 people from the UK (103), South Africa (5) and Brazil (1). Of these, 101 tested negative. A total of 11 people were diagnosed with the genetically modified virus.
During the last 24 hours, 47,229 samples were tested. The test positivity rate is 4.69. A total of 1,30,13,503 samples have so far been sent for testing, including LAMP and antigen testing.
It has been confirmed today that 12 deaths in the last few days were due to COVID-19. This brings the total death toll to 4,579.
Today, 92 of those diagnosed with the disease are from outside Kerala and 1,931 people were infected through contact. Contact source for 170 is not clear. Kozhikode 389, Kannur 192, Ernakulam 208, Malappuram 202, Thrissur 172, Kasaragod 136, Thiruvananthapuram 91, Kottayam 124, Kollam 119, Alappuzha 92, Pathanamthitta 72, Wayanad 61, Palakkad 28 and Idukki 45 were affected by contact.
Twenty-three health workers were affected by the disease. Kasaragod 12, Ernakulam 4, Kannur 3, Kozhikode 2, Pathanamthitta and Thrissur 1 health workers were affected.
The test results of 1,853 people who were diagnosed and treated were negative. Thiruvananthapuram 174, Kollam 148, Pathanamthitta 139, Alappuzha 45, Kottayam 122, Idukki 25, Ernakulam 326, Thrissur 155, Palakkad 85, Malappuram 166, Kozhikode 257, Wayanad 35, Kannur 140 and Kasaragod 36 had negative results today. With this, 24,582 people have been diagnosed with the disease and are still undergoing treatment. 10,88,522 people have so far been freed from Kovid.
There are currently 1,29,264 people under surveillance in various districts of the state. Of these, 1,25,392 are under home / institutional quarantine and 3,872 in hospitals. A total of 524 people were admitted to hospitals today.
Today there are two new hotspots and no area is excluded from the hotspot list. There are currently a total of 357 hotspots.

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Total number of cases with new COVID-19 variant reaches 90 in India

The Gulf Indians — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 10:25:29 +0000

The total number of people who have been infected with the new mutated strain of Covid-19 in India reached 90.

On January 8, Madhya Pradesh reported its first case of the new mutated strain from the UK. The patient, a 39-year-old man, had returned to Indore from the UK last month and has tested positive for the new coronavirus strain. Officials say he is asymptomatic.

A day earlier, three more people were found positive with the new UK-variant of Covid-19 in Maharashtra, taking the state’s tally to 11.

Officials said all 11 cases were asymptomatic.

As of January 6, the number of people who had tested positive for the new UK variant was 73.

The Union health ministry had said these cases included the 58 which were announced by the ministry till Tuesday.

“The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 73,” the ministry had said.

The presence of the new UK variant has already been reported by several countries including Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.

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Indian government issues SOP for passengers from UK

The Gulf Indians — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 06:31:55 +0000

Days after announcing the partial resumption of flights from January 8, the Indian government on Saturday issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for passengers who will be arriving from the United Kingdom amid the concerns over the new Covid-19 strain. Apart from a limited number of flights, India has made negative Covid test reports mandatory for all the passengers from the UK.

Airlines will have to ensure the availability of a coronavirus negative test report before allowing the passengers to board the flight. All the passengers arriving from the UK would be mandatorily subjected to self-paid RT-PCR tests on their arrival at the Indian airports, the government stated in the SOPs.

The SOPs shall be valid till January 30 (23:59 hrs) or further orders whichever is earlier. All international travellers as described in the scope above will be required to declare as per existing procedure, their travel history (of past 14 days) and fill up the Self Declaration Form to be screened for coronavirus.

All the passengers coming from the UK during the intervening period from January 8 to January 30 would be required to submit a self-declaration form on the online portal(newdelhiairport.in) at least 72 hours before the scheduled travel.

All the passengers arriving from the UK would have to submit a negative RT-PCR test report
for which test should have been conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey.

The airlines have been directed to ensure the availability of negative test report before allowing the passengers to board the flights.

“All the passengers arriving from the UK in all international flights would be mandatorily subjected to self-paid RT-PCR tests on arrival at the Indian airports concerned,” the government stated in the SOPs. The Centre has also directed the states and UTs to set up help desks at airports to facilitate the implementation of the procedure.

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UK PM Boris Johnson to attend Republic Day ceremony

The Gulf Indians — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:26:45 +0000

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be attending the Republic Day ceremony in January. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirmed the development saying Boris Johnson has accepted India’s invitation.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said, “I’m pleased that PM Boris Johnson has invited PM Modi to join the UK-hosted G7 summit next year.

UK PM Johnson has also accepted the very generous invitation to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations in January, which is a great honour.”

The UK foreign secretary made the announcement on Tuesday during a 3-day visit to India, which is also being seen as a means to lay the ground for Boris Johnson’s upcoming visit in January.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held talks with the British Foreign Secretary to expand cooperation in a range of sectors such as trade, defence, education, environment and health.

Raab’s three-day visit to India from December 14-17 comes at a time the UK is holding complex negotiations with the European Union on reaching a post-Brexit trade deal.

On December 14, the Ministry of External Affairs said Raab’s visit will pave the way for further strengthening of the partnership across the trade, defence, climate, migration and mobility, education and health sectors in the post-Covid, post-Brexit context.

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