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A photo taken on April 6, 2020 shows the five star The Regency hotel in Kuwait City. - Authorities in the oil-rich country have forced citizens returning from abroad to isolate for 14 days in luxury properties before they are permitted to re-enter society. Kuwait has adopted the strictest measures in the Gulf to combat the spread of coronavirus. It has recorded more than 700 cases, and one death. Plush hotels have turned into quarantine shelters, preparing to host around 60,000 Kuwaitis returning from countries including Italy, Germany, Iran, Egypt and Lebanon. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Some citizens quibble in 5-star quarantine
KUWAIT: A photo taken on April 6, 2020 shows the five-star The Regency hotel. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: The meat is too fatty and the staff are slow to clean up coffee stains - some Kuwaitis quarantined in five-star hotels due to the coronavirus outbreak have a litany of complaints. Authorities in the country have forced citizens returning from abroad to isolate for 14 days in luxury properties before they are permitted to reenter...
Workers of Egyptian non-governmental organisation Egyptian Food Bank prepare cartons with foodstuffs to distribute to people who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic crisis, in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on April 05, 2020. - The large Cairo-based charity organisation EFB has been at the forefront of a public relief effort in the most populous Arab country, where one third of the population of over 100 million lives in poverty, surviving on about $1.50 or less a day. virus. Egypt so far has recorded 85 deaths out of 1,322 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 illness. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)
Virus pandemic deals heavy blow to Egypt working poor
CAIRO: Haggard and disheveled from the stress of making ends meet, day laborers line up in Cairo for food parcels after losing their jobs to the sharp downturn caused by the coronavirus. Sayed Shaaban, 42, who used to work in a cafe, said for him the pandemic is not just a health scare but a crushing blow to his already precarious livelihood. Wearing a mask and gloves, he waited in line outside a charity centre affiliated with the Egyptian Food...
TOPSHOT - Medical staff from Jilin Province (in red) hug nurses from Wuhan after working together during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak during a ceremony before leaving as Tianhe Airport is reopened in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 8, 2020. - Thousands of Chinese travellers rushed to leave COVID-19 coronavirus-ravaged Wuhan on April 8 as authorities lifted a more than two-month prohibition on outbound travel from the city where the global pandemic first emerged. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Wuhan exodus sparks virus hope despite mounting death toll
WUHAN: Medical staff from Jilin rovince (in red) hug nurses from Wuhan after working together during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak during a ceremony before leaving as Tianhe Airport reopened yesterday. – AFP WUHAN: Thousands of relieved citizens streamed out of China's Wuhan city yesterday after authorities lifted months of lockdown at the coronavirus epicenter, offering some hope to the world despite record deaths in Europe and the United...
This picture taken on April 7, 2020 shows runners at the closed Jardin du Champs de Mars garden in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, on the 22nd day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)
Paris bans 'daytime jogging' as virus deaths hit new high
PARIS: Photo shows runners at the closed Jardin du Champs de Mars garden in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris, on the 22nd day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. - AFP PARIS: Paris has banned daytime jogging to keep people from bending anti-coronavirus lockdown rules as France breached 10,000 deaths due to the outbreak. Other cities also announced stricter restrictions,...
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#Stayhome Gulf influencers take the glam factor indoors
DUBAI: A girl looks at the Instagram page of Fouz Al-Fahd, a Kuwaiti beauty salon owner, on Tuesday. - AFP DUBAI: From extravagant trips to the Amalfi Coast and sunset photoshoots on Dubai's beaches to an almost complete lockdown - the coronavirus has forced the Gulf's social media "influencers" indoors but hasn't lowered their glamour factor. While they can no longer upload pictures of themselves zipping through international airports or...
People who believe they have COVID-19, and who meet the criteria, wait in line to be pre-screened for the coronavirus outside of the Brooklyn Hospital Center on March 20, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. - The new coronavirus isn't picky about who it infects -- so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt?nExperts say the community is disproportionately impacted by underlying conditions linked to poverty, and often faces challenges in accessing testing and health care (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
Why are African Americans dying?
NEW YORK: People who believe they have COVID-19, and who meet the criteria, wait in line to be pre-screened for the coronavirus outside of the Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. - AFP WASHINGTON: The new coronavirus isn't biased about who it infects-so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US? Experts say blacks are disproportionately...
Members of Parliament wearing face masks as a precaution against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) attend the general assembly meeting of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara, Turkey on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
Turkish PM under pressure as coronavirus cases spike
ANKARA: Members of Parliament wearing face masks as a precaution against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) attend the general assembly meeting of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara. - AFP ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stepped up measures to stem rapidly growing coronavirus cases in Turkey but his refusal to impose a full lockdown to keep the economy afloat is drawing criticism. With gatherings banned,...
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Monster cyclone tears through Fiji
SANTO: This aerial handout photo shows damaged houses in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Harold on the island of Santo in Vanuatu. - AFP SUVA: A deadly Pacific storm slammed into Fiji yesterday, tearing off roofs and flooding towns, after leaving a trail of destruction in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Tropical Cyclone Harold weakened slightly overnight from a scale-topping Category Five to a Four, but was still lashing Fiji with winds of up...
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Expats complain penalties imposed despite shutdown
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The interior ministry has launched new online services for citizens and residents amid the exceptional circumstances the country is experiencing over the COVID-19 pandemic. But some expats who tried the new service said even during the pandemic shutdown, they are being required to pay fines for delays in renewing visas that expired during the lockdown."My son's visa expired on March 23, during the shutdown because of the...
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Kuwait Amir, Oman Sultan discuss anti-coronavirus measures
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anas Al-Saleh participates in a meeting for GCC interior ministers via video conference. - KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Tuesday a telephone call from Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tareq, discussing the historic and distinctive relations between the two brotherly countries. His Highness the Amir and the Sultan of Oman also pondered mutual...
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Supreme Council discusses projects affected by pandemic
Khaled Mahdi By Meshaal Al-EneziKUWAIT: Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development Khaled Mahdi stressed that despite the government shutdown, the council's secretariat general still carries out many of its tasks through online communication amongst its officials. Mahdi added that regular reports will be issued as usual, in addition to a periodic report issued by the Kuwait Center for General Policies about...
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Info ministry reduces staff attendance
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Following up reports about the intention of the ministry of information to combine and reduce the number of TV channels and radio stations operating with the aim of reducing the number of staff members needed to operate them, informed sources stressed that only Al-Barnamej Al-A'am (General Program) and the Quran radio stations, KTV1, KTV2, KTV Plus and Al-Qurain TV channels would still be operating while all other...
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