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Kuwait goes into lockdown, essential services continue

KUWAIT: Cars jam the streets of Shuwaikh as people panic buy on Saturday before a total lockdown began yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: A decision by the government to place the country under a total lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus took effect at 4 pm yesterday and continues until May 30. Only essential services, in addition to the military, police and security agencies and medical services will be...

Iranians, wearing protective masks without observing social distancing, queue outside a money exchange office in the capital Tehran on May 9, 2020, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. - While many residents in Iran's capital are taking advantange of loosened Covid-19 controls, some fear a renewed spike in deaths in what remains the Middle East's deadliest virus epicentre. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Fear in Iran as infections rising anew

TEHRAN: Iranians, without observing social distancing, queue outside a money exchange office in the capital on Saturday. - AFP TEHRAN: While many residents in Iran's capital are taking advantage of loosened COVID-19 controls, some worry about a new spike in infections in what remains the Middle East's deadliest virus epicenter. "The line of fools," muttered shopkeeper Manouchehr, peering disdainfully at a queue of customers outside a foreign...

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Obama slams Trump handling of pandemic

WASHINGTON: Former president Barack Obama has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an "absolute chaotic disaster". In a leaked web call Friday night with former members of his administration, Obama also said the Justice Department's decision to drop charges against Michael Flynn, the former Trump national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in the Russia probe,...

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Special effects, virtual guests: China weddings go online

HANGZHOU, China: This handout photo taken on May 1, 2020 shows bridegroom Ma Jialun and bride Zhang Yitong during their livestreamed wedding ceremony. - AFP BEIJING: Like many couples in the era of social distancing, Ma Jialun and Zhang Yitong held their wedding ceremony online - but they added a twist by livestreaming the event to more than 100,000 strangers. Coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions have forced people around the world to...

A Tunisian man wearing protective gear amid the COVID-19 pandemic looks on as he chats with another on a street in the Kram area of the capital Tunis on May 8, 2020, as authorities begin a gradual sector and region-based process to mitigate lockdown measures. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)

Tunisians get food aid via text messages

TUNIS: A Tunisian man wearing protective gear amid the COVID-19 pandemic looks on as he chats with another person on a street in the Kram area of the capital on May 8, 2020. - AFP TUNIS: A Tunisian NGO has set up a food bank that dispenses aid by text message to some 300 needy families rendered more vulnerable because of the coronavirus pandemic. The initiative, which had been long in the making, was finally launched at the end of April to...

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Global virus cases top 4 million

PARIS: The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped four million as some of the hardest-hit countries readied to lift lockdown restrictions, despite concerns about a second wave of infections. Governments around the world are trying to stop the spread of the disease while scrambling for ways to relieve pressure on their economies, which are facing a historic downturn with millions pushed into unemployment.But with the death toll already...

A man wearing a face mask walks in the popular nightlife district of Itaewon in Seoul on May 10, 2020. - South Korea's capital has ordered the closure of all clubs and bars after a burst of new cases sparked fears of a second coronavirus wave as President Moon Jae-in urged the public to remain vigilant. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Seoul closes bars and clubs over fears of virus 2nd wave

SEOUL: A man wearing a facemask walks in the popular nightlife district of Itaewon yesterday. - AFP SEOUL: South Korea's capital has ordered the closure of all clubs and bars after a burst of new cases sparked fears of a second coronavirus wave, and President Moon Jae-in urged the public to remain vigilant. The nation has been held up as a global model in how to curb the virus, but the order from the Seoul mayor on Saturday followed a new...

People shop for shoes near stall after the government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Quetta on May 9, 2020. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP)

Pakistanis crowd markets as virus lockdown eased

QUETTA: People shop for shoes after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the coronavirus on Saturday. - AFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis crowded markets on Saturday after a nationwide coronavirus lockdown was eased, despite the country declaring its second highest daily infection toll. Prime Minister Imran Khan has allowed businesses to reopen in phases from the weekend, citing the economic havoc the virus...

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Kuwaiti female police officer contracts coronavirus: MoI

By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Interior announced yesterday that a female police officer tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The officer was rushed to hospital and her family and colleagues had to undergo medical tests to verify their health conditions, according to a statement by the ministry's relations and security media department. The test results of the females in uniform has yet to be come out, the...

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Kuwait Municipality shutters commercial stores in Hawally

KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality said on Saturday it shut down 147 commercial stores in Hawally in April for breaching preventive precautions against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The municipality said in statement that its inspectors addressed 235 warnings against owners of grocery stores, issued various tickets against restaurants, hair dressing stores, health clubs, entertainment halls and wedding halls.It also reported sanitizing 66,000...

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Defense ministry runs expat quarantine camp in Subhan

KUWAIT: Col Dr Raed Al-Tajalli, director of the quarantine camp, speaks to Kuwait Times. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The ministry of defense has prepared a massive quarantine camp for expats who have recovered from coronavirus, where they can spend two weeks in isolation, in addition to other cases of institutional quarantine. This camp is located at the defense camp in Subhan with a capacity of more than 1,000 beds,...

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Speaker praises Amir's address

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Saturday a cable from National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem who expressed deep gratitude and appreciation for his address marking last ten days of the blessed month of Ramadan. The parliament speaker, in his cable, noted that His Highness the Amir's speech constituted a road map on how to deal with current and future challenges.He pledged to His Highness the...

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