Radio Shoma

Here's your daily podcast from the ARN News Centre with the latest updates regarding the novel coronavirus pandemic in the UAE.

The UAE has confirmed 262 new cases of COVID-19, taking the overall tally in the country to 62,966.

The UAE's COVID-19 vaccine trial is expanding to Bahrain, where a new centre has opened to receive volunteers.

Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has fled abroad for the sake of her children, after two nights of clashes following the contested re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko.

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing.

Authorities in China have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood that arrived from the port city of Dalian.