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UK Covid infections rise due to Omicron virus

Omicron virus
  • Covid infections are driven by highly transmissible variants of the Omicron virus.
  • An estimated 2,154,000 people in England tested positive for drugs last week.
  •  In Wales, about one in 20 people had the virus, up from one in 30 the previous week.

Covid infections have continued to rise across the UK, driven by highly transmissible variants of the Omicron virus, according to a survey by the Office for National Statistics.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that during the week ending June 29, an estimated 2,154,000 people in England tested positive for drugs, representing approximately one in twenty-five people, an increase from one in thirty the previous week.

In Wales, about one in 20 people had the virus, up from one in 30 the previous week.

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Food plants lead 14% increase in Saudi industrial licences in November

Food plants

RIYADH: Food plants are leading industrial sector new licences in November, which saw a 14 per cent increase, Arab News quoted official data, as showing. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources issued 68 licences to industrial units in November with investments amounting to SR735 million ($159 million), a statement said. The statement said the issuance … Read more

Minister says 10% of Saudi jobs to be in tourism

Saudi tourism

RIYADH: One in 10 Saudi jobs will be in the tourism industry by the end of the next year, Arab News quoted the kingdom’s minister for the sector, as saying. Speaking at a forum in Riyadh to mark the unveiling of the 2022 budget, Ahmed Al-Khatib said SR500 million ($133 million) will be spent training … Read more