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161 new virus cases in Kuwait; deaths top 100,000 worldwide
KUWAIT: The health ministry announced yesterday that 161 people were infected by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 1,154. Health Ministry Spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA that 27 patients are in intensive care. Those currently receiving treatment at hospitals have reached 1,020, said the spokesperson, adding that 1,445 individuals have completed quarantine. One death has been reported so far.Regarding the...
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Coronavirus found in air samples up to 4 m from patients
WASHINGTON: A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to 13 feet (four meters) - twice the distance current guidelines say people should leave between themselves in public. The preliminary results of the investigation by Chinese researchers were published Friday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).They add to a...
Medical staff cheer as Alye Gunduz (C), 93 years old, who was treated for Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) is escorted to be discharged from the Istanbul University Cerrahpasa medical faculty Hospital after ten days of treatment on April 10, 2020 in Istanbul. - The Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty has responded fast since the outbreak in mid March, turning its operating theatres into intensive care units and creating special pandemic sections separating ordinary patients from others infected with coronavirus -- where entries and exists to and from which are prohibited. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
Turkey hospital sees hope as 93-yr-old patient discharged
ISTANBUL: Medical staff cheer as Alye Gunduz, 93 years old, who was treated for COVID-19, is escorted to be discharged from the Istanbul University's Cerrahpasa medical faculty hospital after 10 days of treatment on Friday. - AFP ISTANBUL: Cheered by her doctors, 93-year-old Alye Gunduz was discharged from an Istanbul hospital after recovering from the novel coronavirus following 10 days of treatment. Her recovery from the disease that is...
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Virus victims buried in mass graves in NY
NEW YORK: Nurses and healthcare workers form the word "Hope" with candles as they mourn and remember their colleagues who died during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan on Friday. - AFP NEW YORK: Unclaimed victims of the new coronavirus are being buried in unmarked mass graves by contract laborers on an island in New York, officials confirmed Friday. Hart Island is one of America's largest public...
A man, wearing a protective mask and gloves amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, sells bread at his stall in the old city market of the capital Sanaa, late on April 10, 2020. - Yemen reported its first case of coronavirus in a southern government-controlled province, raising fears of an outbreak in the war-torn country as air strikes blamed on the Saudi-led coalition tested a unilateral truce. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
War-torn Yemen reports first case of coronavirus
SANAA: A man wearing a protective mask and gloves amid the coronavirus pandemic sells bread at his stall in the old city market of the Yemeni capital Sanaa late Friday. - AFP DUBAI: Yemen reported its first case of coronavirus Friday in a southern government-controlled province, raising fears of an outbreak in the war-torn country as air strikes blamed on the Saudi-led coalition tested a unilateral truce. The announcement came on the second day...
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - APRIL 08: In this screengrab from Joebiden.com , Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall from his home on April 08, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Senator Bernie Sanders announced that he is dropping out of the Democratic presidential race leaving Biden as the presumptive Democratic nominee. JoeBiden.com via Getty Images/AFP
Biden offers warm words to Sanders during an internet livestream
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE : In this screengrab from Joebiden.com , Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall from his home in Wilmington, Delaware. - AFP WASHINGTON: Barack Obama celebrated the kickoff of his "historic" White House challenge before thousands of ecstatic supporters. Hillary Clinton also marked her "milestone," as the first woman nominee of a major US party,...
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Death casts dark shadow over Spanish town
TOMELLOSO: These days, they no longer publish death notices in Tomelloso, a town of 36,000 located in the arid plains of La Mancha, about two hours south of Madrid. - AFP TOMELLOSO, Spain: After burying five elderly people in one morning, the local priest can finally remove his gloves, a job all too familiar in this central Spanish town blighted by death. These days, they no longer publish death notices in Tomelloso, a town of 36,000 located in...
TOPSHOT - A Christian pilgrim dressed as Jesus Christ stands in front of the closed door of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem's Old City on April 10, 2020, marking Good Friday, amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. - All cultural sites in the Holy Land are shuttered, regardless of their religious affiliation, as authorities seek to forestall the spread of the deadly respiratory disease, which will prevent Christians from congregating for the Easter service, this coming Sunday for Catholic worshippers, then a week later on April 19 for Orthodox Easter. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
In Jerusalem, Christians mark somber Easter
JERUSALEM: A Christian pilgrim stands in front of the closed door of the Holy Sepulchre Church in the Old City on Good Friday amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. - AFP JERUSALEM: Eggs on the table and a toy rabbit on the dresser - with a few decorations, Palestinian Christian Sawsan Bitar attempts to salvage some normality from an Easter overshadowed by coronavirus. In the Christian quarter of Jerusalem's Old City that Bitar calls home, roads are...
A Yanomami family eats at Irotatheri community, in Amazonas state, southern Venezuela, 19 km away from the border with Brazil, on September 7, 2012. The Venezuelan government on Friday agreed to lead a delegation of national and international media to Irotatheri after a slaughter of 80 Yanomami natives was reported. Venezuelan militarymen detected evidence of illegal mining in the south of the country, where Yanomami natives would have presumably been massacred by Brazilian illegal gold prospectors. AFP PHOTO/Leo RAMIREZ (Photo by LEO RAMIREZ / AFP)
Boy from isolated Amazon tribe dies after being infected
Isolated indigenous peoples in the Amazon rainforest are particularly vulnerable to diseases brought in from the outside world. - AFP BRASILIA: A Yanomami indigenous boy has died after contracting the coronavirus, authorities in Brazil said Friday, raising fears for the Amazon tribe, which is known for its vulnerability to disease. The 15-year-old boy, the first Yanomami to be diagnosed with the virus, was hospitalized a week ago at an intensive...
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Johnson walking in hospital as UK sees record death toll
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson was able to walk in hospital on Friday some 24 hours after leaving intensive care treatment for COVID-19, as Britain recorded nearly 1,000 daily deaths from the virus for the first time. "The Prime Minister has been able to do short walks, between periods of rest, as part of the care he is receiving to aid his recovery," a Downing Street spokesman said. "His thoughts are with those affected by this terrible...
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Burundi shrugs off pandemic, citing 'God's protection'
BUJUMBURA: In Burundi, the delayed arrival of coronavirus was attributed to "God's protection". Now that the country has three cases, authorities again see divine intervention at work and little reason to interrupt everyday life. The ruling party has sought to reassure Burundians they need not worry about the deadly pandemic sweeping the globe, allowing life to proceed as normal and even pressing ahead with a presidential election scheduled for...
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Kuwait steps up measures to confront coronavirus
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet's meeting. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait government Thursday stepped up measures aimed at confronting the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including considering a full curfew and increasing medical workers while planning resumption of state departments including remotely. The cabinet discussed the health condition in general and the preventive...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
The impact of oil discoveries
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‘Protect yourself against skin cancer,’ CAN warns