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Kuwait Health Ministry urges COVID-19 recovered persons to donate blood

KUWAIT: Kuwait Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah Friday urged persons recovering from coronavirus to donate blood to use extracted plasma to treat infected people, after success of this treatment was medically proven. "We urge all persons who recovered from the novel coronavirus to donate blood to use the plasma in treatment of infected persons because the success of this treatment was proven medically," Sheikh Dr Basel said on his...

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Fines still collected for expired visas

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Although the interior ministry announced previously that expats don't have to pay fines if their residency visa expires during the official shutdown when all public sector institutions are not working, yet fines have appeared when renewing iqamas online.The interior ministry initially allowed article 18 (for employees in private sector) and article 20 (domestic helpers) residencies to be renewed online. Later, renewal...

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Egyptians avail amnesty; Bangladeshis next in line

KUWAIT: Egyptian nationals queue up outside a school in Farwaniya which was turned into a center to receive applications wishing to avail an amnesty allowing residency violators to leave the country between April 1 and April 30. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Egyptian nationals headed to centers set up by the Ministry of Interior to receive expatriates without valid residencies who are wishing to avail an amnesty allowing...

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Kuwait police arrest officer involved in human trafficking

KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh on Thursday suspended an officer from work and referred him to Public Prosecution after suspicions of involvement in human trafficking. As part of the efforts made by the security apparatus to combat human trafficking and after investigations, a company, owned by the officer, was found involved in the field of recruiting workers from abroad...

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Air force plane back with medical supplies

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti military plane, returning from Bangladesh with emergency medical supplies, landed in the country Friday. The Defense Ministry media and public relations' department said that the flight was within the ministry's strategy to provide state entities with necessary medical supplies during the current trying times. The Defense and Health Ministries are regularly cooperating to ensure that Kuwait has enough medical supplies. - KUNA

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Kuwait, Palestine discuss relations

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Friday a telephone call from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, exploring the good bilateral relations, issues of common concern and latest regional developments.Driver's license validityKUWAIT: A special edition of Kuwait Al-Youm was released on Thursday containing amendments to the traffic law, based on which driver's licenses will be issued to Kuwaitis and GCC...

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Pandemic Diaries: Shhhhh... silent victims

By Jamie Etheridge're all aware now of the call by governments to stay home, stay safe. For most of us this is great advice. Our homes are our sanctuaries - the place where we are safest, most relaxed and, well, 'at home'. But for one category of people, primarily women, home is the most dangerous place of all.Across the globe, authorities are reporting an increase in domestic violence cases triggered by the 'stay at home' directives from...

Muna Al-Fuzai

By Muna Al-Fuziamillions of people living in apartments, a new month means the rent is due. Of course, in normal circumstances, this is not an issue. But with the COVID-19 outbreak, many tenants have stopped working. There are fears of job losses or reduced salaries, and rent is turning into a cause for concern and dispute, especially for low- and middle-income people. But hopefully not for long.The economic repercussions of the coronavirus...

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Simple yet effective routine

By Abdellatif SharaaMarch 12, 2006, ABC news in the US had a report which read: "Will there be an outbreak of avian flu that threatens humans? Many experts disagree when or if a human pandemic will occur, but do say there is a chance that the virus could mutate, leading to widespread infection. In that case, the best thing you and your family can do right now is to prepare for that possibility." The first thing the report mentioned was that...

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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far

KUWAIT: Health ministry workers sterilize chairs inside the center. KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 1,154 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in addition to one death. With the exception of 27 cases in intensive care, all infected cases are in stable condition and are recovering in quarantined locations designated by the government for this purpose, while 911 have been discharged from quarantine after exhibiting no symptoms...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 01, 2019 Journalists attend the 176th meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) conference and the 6th meeting of the OPEC and non-OPEC countries on July 1, 2019 in Vienna, Austria. - OPEC and allies will discuss on April 9, 2020 a possible output cut, faced with an oil market collapse that was fuelled by coronavirus-ravaged demand and a vicious price war. The emergency video conference, delayed from Monday, comes after US President Donald Trump claimed key producers Russia and Saudi Arabia -- which have been locked in a price war -- would agree to slash production to defend tumbling crude futures. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP)

Saudi, Russia to lead oil output talks

VIENNA: In this file photo taken on July 01, 2019 Journalists attend the 176th meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) conference and the 6th meeting of the OPEC and non-OPEC countries in Vienna. OPEC and allies discussed a possible output cut, faced with an oil market collapse that was fuelled by coronavirus-ravaged demand and a vicious price war. - AFP DUBAI/MOSCOW/LONDON: OPEC and other oil producers led by...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 5, 2020 LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers handles the ball in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers during the second half at Staples Center on March 3, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. - LeBron James said April 8, 2020, the abrupt shutdown of the NBA season due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic has left the Los Angeles Lakers feeling like they still have something to prove. The Lakers were in the midst of a revival season, having made the playoffs for the first time in seven years, when the league suspended the 2019-20 season on March 11 after Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo by Kateyln MULCAHY / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

James hopes Lakers can eventually rekindle their revival season

LOS ANGELES: File photo taken on March 5, 2020 LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers handles the ball in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers. James said yesterday, the abrupt shutdown of the NBA season due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic has left the Los Angeles Lakers feeling like they still have something to prove. – AFP LOS ANGELES: LeBron James says the abrupt shutdown of the NBA season due to the worldwide coronavirus...

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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA

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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

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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

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