Dubai pile-up, Dh1bn aid, EU travel restrictions and 1,722 new cases - The Daily Update


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On today's update we have the latest coronavirus figures, four people were injured in a 34-vehicle road accident in Dubai and more than Dh1 billion in aid was handed out under the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives.

Kuwait says unvaccinated citizens cannot travel abroad from May 22 and the EU is to lift its travel restrictions for vaccinated tourists.

Thoraya Abdullahi joins us for what's trending, including Bill and Melinda Gates, Joe Biden's sick-leave proposal and India's trainee medics.

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