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MOHAP reports 72 new coronavirus cases

The Ministry of Health and Prevention reports today 72 new coronavirus cases of different nationalities who were detected through early and active investigation, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 405. The ministry also reports the recovery of 3 new cases (a Pakistani citizen and two Bangladeshis), taking to 55 the total number of recovered cases.

The new confirmed cases include one person from each of Sri Lanka, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Iran, Comoros, China, Saudi Arabia, Kyrgyzstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Greece, Uruguay, Romania, Sweden, South Africa, Iraq, Yemen and two persons from each of Nepal and Ethiopia. They also involve four Emiratis, five Britons, five Pakistanis, five Lebanese and eight Bangladeshis in addition to 23 Indians.

The ministry along with other local health authorities advised members of the public to adopt healthy behaviors that help protect them against infectious diseases, including washing hands with soap and water and covering the nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing.

It also urged people with respiratory symptoms to avoid crowded place, calling on the public to get all information about coronavirus from the credible sources and to avoid rumours.

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