MERS virus kills 5 more in Saudi Arabia

Latest reports suggest that MERS virus has killed 5 more people in Saudi Arabia in the last 24 hours alone.

 

Several new cases have also been discovered in the oil kingdom. Many nations in the neighborhood have also been affected by it. The Saudi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that five out of nine persons, who contracted the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS or coronavirus) recently, died in the last 24 hours.

The nine persons, five females and four males, tested positive for the fatal disease in Riyadh, Jeddah, Madinah and Makkah, the Ministry said in a statement on its website.

The new confirmed cases took to 529 the total number of infection cases since the outbreak of the disease in the Kingdom in 2012; the figure includes 168 fatalities, according to the statement.

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Severe storm kills five in South Punjab

Dust storm followed by heavy rain and hailstorm in some areas lashed Southern Punjab last night while at least five people were killed and many injured in rain-related incidents, disclosed reports received from different areas.

The storm was so intense that it uprooted dozens of trees, electricity pylons and billboards besides leaving roads and streets submerged with rainwater. The windstorm hit Multan and adjoining areas at a pace of 90-km per hour and badly affected wheat, mango and Falsa crops. At least five casualties were reported from different areas of South Punjab because of roof and wall collapse incidents during the rain. Similarly, at least 17 passengers were injured in a head on collision between a passenger wagon and truck on Kabirwala-Jhang Road. The storm also led to cancellation of at least two flights coming to or from Multan.

The storm also led to cancellation of flights coming to or from Multan. The power supply to almost half of Multan city got suspended because of the storm. However, the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) workers restored the supply as soon as the storm was over.

Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Khawaja Muhammad Usman expressed his fear that the government might impose new taxes of in upcoming budget which would put the Government as well as masses into the trouble.

In a statement issued, he lamented that although the chamber finalised a shadow budget for 2014-15, the government did not consult the chambers for making the budget. He demanded the government to clear the refunds cases of all the exporters, manufacturers and industrialists. He suggested to the government to allocate Rs.50 billion in the upcoming budget for timely refunds of exporters and  the business community.

He said that Rate of General sales tax must be brought down to 12.5 percent (inclusive of value addition tax). He said that at import stage, the accumulative sum of all taxes (including sales tax and income tax), customs and regulatory duties and levies should not anyhow exceed 30 percent of the value of goods.

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PRESSURE HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED ON THE MAGNETOSPHERE

**URGENT MAGNETOSPHERE ALERT**
PRESSURE HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED ON THE MAGNETOSPHERE. FURTHER EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANO ACTIVITY & ADVERSE WEATHER PATTERNS WILL BE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE COSMIC RAYS STRIKING THE EARTH’S CORE

***BE ALERT***

MAGNITUDE 5.1 OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

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Subject To Change

Depth: 10 km

Distances: 285km (177mi) WSW of Meulaboh, Indonesia
298km (185mi) WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia
320km (199mi) SSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia
349km (217mi) SW of Sigli, Indonesia
879km (546mi) W of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MAGNITUDE 3.0 GERMANY

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Subject To Change

Depth: 10 km

Distances: 125 km N of Vaduz, Liechtenstein / pop: 5,197 / local time: 08:41:51.9 2014-05-18
61 km NE of Schaffhausen, Switzerland / pop: 33,863 / local time: 08:41:51.9 2014-05-18
37 km S of Tübingen, Germany / pop: 83,416 / local time: 08:41:51.9 2014-05-18
2 km NW of Meßstetten, Germany / pop: 11,132 / local time: 08:41:51.9 2014-05-18

MAGNITUDE 5.1 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

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Depth: 10 km

Distances: 1210 km S of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga / pop: 22,400 / local time: 19:33:43.3 2014-05-18
793 km NE of Whangarei, New Zealand / pop: 50,900 / local time: 18:33:43.3 2014-05-18

MAGNITUDE 5.4 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS

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Depth: 73 km

Distances: 356 km E of Nouméa, New Caledonia / pop: 93,060 / local time: 15:19:19.7 2014-05-18
200 km S of Isangel / pop: 1,437 / local time: 15:19:00.0 2014-05-18

MAGNITUDE 6.2 OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

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Subject To Change

Depth: 9 km

Distances: 319km (198mi) WSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia
337km (209mi) WSW of Sabang, Indonesia
375km (233mi) W of Meulaboh, Indonesia
377km (234mi) WSW of Sigli, Indonesia
1000km (621mi) W of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MAGNITUDE 5.3 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION

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Subject To Change

Depth: 2 km

Distances: 420 km W of Apia, Samoa / pop: 40,407 / local time: 13:58:26.3 2014-05-18
357 km W of Gataivai, Samoa / pop: 1,141 / local time: 13:58:26.3 2014-05-18