Middle East Experience

Iran has reported 35 new coronavirus deaths on Saturday, the lowest number since March 7 despite a rise in infections..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Iran reports 35 new virus deaths, lowest since March 7

Colombian director Harold Trompetero, who has directed 21 films and produced another 30, is now tackling an unusual project amid a nationwide coronavirus quarantine that has his actors stuck at home.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Colombian director films quarantine comedy 'The Bathroom' with phones

Rallies next week in Tehran to mark the annual Quds Day against Israel will involve Iranians driving in vehicles not marching through the streets, to avoid spreading the coronavirus, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on state television on Saturday..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Vehicles, not marches, to mark Iran's annual anti-Israel rally: president

Israeli army injures dozens of Palestinian protesters during two demonstrations in northern occupied West Bank..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Palestinians tear gassed in protests against Israeli settlements

Iranians have swapped marching in the streets for driving in their….
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Iran plans 'cars-only' street protest to mark pro-Palestine Quds Day amid coronavirus lockdown measures

Vox Cinemas' newest experience will open to the public on Sunday 17 May
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Dubai's new rooftop experience: drive-in cinema at Mall of the Emirates

Global cloud kitchen platform Kitopi eyes expansion in Abu Dhabi, as well as Saudi Arabia
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: New Dubai grocery delivery platform Kitopi promises delivery within an hour

It's complicated but a merger would create the biggest carrier by passenger traffic
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: Maybe it's time for Emirates and Etihad to hook up

Phoenix Commodities has gone into liquidation after amassing $400m in potential trading losses
Source: Arabian Business
Full Article: First Abu Dhabi bank reports .3m exposure to Phoenix Commodities

Clinical trials of the coronavirus drug favipiravir have shown positive results, with a majority of patients recovering twice as fast from with the drug compared to standard treatment.Favipiravir has been under clinical trial of patients infected with coronavirus by Russian pharmaceutical investment firm ChemRar with the support of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). The drug has several advantages including significantly reducing patient recovery time, and its availability in tablet form, making it easier to use, according to a statement from the RDIF.“The first positive results of the trial will facilitate an accelerated permission from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation to start using the drug, which will enable treatment of patients with Favipiravir across Russia's regions,” Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, said in the statement.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The data collected showed that 60 percent of a test group of 40 patients who took favipriavir tested negative for the virus after five days of treatment, twice as fast as standard therapy. Previously, the drug had also been tested in China, where similar results were recorded.“Regulators and experts will be able to monitor the safety of using favipiravir [in Russia] online as a special system for post-registration monitoring is being developed for them,” the statement read.Various drugs across the globe are currently undergoing rapid testing to combat the coronavirus pandemic, which as claimed nearly 300,000 lives worldwide. Regulators have lifted normal limits on testing to fast track potential drugs to widespread adoption.In the US, drugs including remdesivir and famotidine have shown positive results, while a combination of triple antiviral medicine was recently shown to help relieve symptoms of patients in a small clinical trial in Hong Kong.Read more:Coronavirus patients who took heartburn drug famotidine less likely to die: StudyCoronavirus: Triple antiviral drug shows early promise in treating COVID-19Coronavirus: Gilead drug remdesivir sales could exceed $2 billion, say experts
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Clinical trials of coronavirus drug favipiravir show patients recovering faster