It is delightful to visit a pomelo farm. The view of the fruits hanging along the long thorny branches of the tree is tempting. The fertile lands and availability of fresh water.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in-utero transmission of SARS-CoV-2 remains a rarity and only very few cases have been proven across the world. Here we depict the clinical, laboratory and radiologic findings of preterm triplets born at 28 6/7 weeks to a mother who contracted COVID-19 just one week before delivery. The triplets showed SARS-CoV-2 positivity right after birth, developed significant leukopenia and early-onset pulmonary interstitial emphysema. The most severely affected triplet I required ten days of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation due to failure of conventional invasive ventilation, and circulatory support for four days. Despite a severe clinical course in two triplets (triplet I and III), clinical management without experimental, targeted antiviral drugs was successful. At discharge home, the triplets showed no signs of neurologic or pulmonary sequelae. Placental immunohistology with SARS-CoV-2 N-protein localized strongly to syncytiotrophoblast cells
Sezad signs deal to develop $163m Duqm fishing harbour
MUSCAT, December 23, 2020 The Special Economic Zone at Duqm (Sezad) has signed an agreement with an alliance led by Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) to develop and operate the multipurpose fishing harbour set up at a cost of RO63 million ($163 million) in Duqm. FDO, an affiliate of Oman Investment Authority (OIA), also inked a land development agreement (usufruct) with Al Wusta Fisheries Industries LLC. The 10-m-deep port, set up on an area of 8 sq km, is expected to be fully functional by the end of the first quarter of 2021. It is ideally situated in the vicinity of food industries zone occupying an area of 7 sq km designed to meet the basic needs of investments set to be localized.