Abu Dhabi door-to-door coronavirus testing, 164 new cases, NMC health secures $250m - The Daily Update


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On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, Abu Dhabi to continue door-to-door testing and Azizi to invest Dh3.5 billion in Dubai.

NMC Health secures financing, a global map shows Hezbollah's reach and in Spain the former king goes into exile.

Jason Von Berg joins us for what's trending including Covid tests, ZimbabweanLivesMatter and #SamsungUnpacked.

Sole survivors
  • Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
  • George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
  • Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
  • Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
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Brief scores:

Toss: India, opted to field

Australia 158-4 (17 ov)

Maxwell 46, Lynn 37; Kuldeep 2-24

India 169-7 (17 ov)

Dhawan 76, Karthik 30; Zampa 2-22

Result: Australia won by 4 runs by D/L method