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TOPSHOT - Police personnel wearing coronavirus-themed helmets ride on horses as they participate in a awareness campaign during a 21-day government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on April 2, 2020. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP)
COVIS-19: When will it end?
SECUNDERABAD: Indian police personnel wearing coronavirus-themed helmets ride on horses as they participate in a awareness campaign during a 21-day government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Secunderabad. - AFP PARIS: As the world battles the (COVID-19) coronavirus pandemic, the main question for most is simply: "When will it end?" But other, troubling questions are starting to be asked of...
Police personnel hold up placards reminding people to stay at home amid concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Manila on March 31, 2020. - The main Philippine island of Luzon, home to 55 million people which includes the capital Manila, is in the second week of a lockdown to contain the spread of the disease. (Photo by Maria TAN / AFP)
Philippine's Duterte tells police to shoot dead troublemakers
MANILA: Police personnel hold up placards reminding people to stay at home amid concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Manila. - AFP MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing "trouble" in areas locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic. About half the country's roughly 110 million people are currently under quarantine-including millions in deep poverty, left...
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Coronavirus worst crisis since WWII, death toll crosses 40,000
WASHINGTON, DC: The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to worsen yesterday despite unprecedented lockdowns, as the head of the United Nations sounded the alarm on what he said was humanity's worst crisis since World War II. The warning came as Donald Trump told Americans to brace for a "very painful" few weeks after the United States registered its deadliest 24 hours of the crisis. Around half of the planet's population...
An aerial view shows empty streets in Lagos on March 31, 2020. - Lagos was deserted on March 31, 2020, after Nigeria locked down its economic hub and shuttered its capital Abuja, in the continent's latest effort to brake the juggernaut of COVID-19 coronavirus.†Businesses were closed, markets abandoned and streets empty as the usually chaotic megacity of 20 million, along with the capital Abuja, shuddered to a halt on the first full day of a two-week shutdown. (Photo by Pierre FAVENNEC / AFP)
Millions of Nigerians enter lockdown as Africa tries to contain coronavirus
LAGOS: An aerial view shows empty streets in Lagos. Lagos has been deserted after Nigeria locked down its economic hub and shuttered its capital Abuja, in the continent's latest effort to brake the juggernaut of COVID-19 coronavirus. - AFP LAGOS: More than 20 million Nigerians went into lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus. President Muhammadu...
An elderly man wearing a protective mask lifts his hands in prayer outside a mosque which has been closed to worshipers amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, on March 30, 2020. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)
Coronavirus to plunge 8 million into poverty in Arab world: UN
SHARJAH: An elderly man wearing a protective mask lifts his hands in prayer outside a mosque which has been closed to worshipers amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates. - AFP BEIRUT: The coronavirus pandemic will plunge 8.3 million people in the Arab region into poverty, the United Nation's Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia said on Wednesday. ESCWA also warned that two million people could...
In this photo taken on March 25, 2020, a ventilator made by AgVa Healthcare is displayed at the research and development (R&D) centre in Noida in Uttar Pradesh state. - When a robot scientist and a neurosurgeon got together in 2016 to make one of the world's smallest ventilators for India's poor, they could not have imagined the pandemic that would see demand boom. (Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP) / TO GO WITH Health-virus-India-ventilator,FOCUS by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA
Toaster-sized ventilator from India helps hospitals in coronavirus fight
UTTAR PRADESH: A ventilator made by AgVa Healthcare is displayed at the research and development (R&D) centre in Noida in Uttar Pradesh state. _ AFP NEW DELHI: Originally created by a robot scientist and a neurosurgeon to help India's poor, a toaster-sized ventilator is offering hope in the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic and demand is booming. The virus at its most lethal attacks the lungs, making ventilators - which pump...
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Social dis-dance: Clubbing goes online as virus shuts nightspots
SINGAPORE: A man lies under the art installation 'Horizon' by Muafah binte Amran at Marina Bay in Singapore as his face mask, used a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, is seen beside him. - AFP SINGAPORE: Strobe lights flash across a near-empty dance floor, as a DJ live-streams thumping electronic music from a Singapore nightclub to revelers confined to their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The...
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Expat curfew violators to be deported
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Interior Ministry issued a stern warning yesterday against violators of the nightly curfew. Col Nasser Buslaib, head of the security media department, said that expats who violate the curfew will be deported while citizens will be referred to authorities for investigation. The Interior Ministry has urged the public to seek special permits available online if they wanted to leave home during curfew for emergency. Nearly 200...
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Commercial flights still suspended
KUWAIT: Commercial flights to and from Kuwait City International Airport are still suspended until further notice, said the country's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in a press release on yesterday.The reminder came on the backdrop of an international carrier announcing that Kuwait bookings were open; a matter that DGCA deemed "false," including private flights. The suspension had been in effect since March 11. - KUNA
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Kuwait Amir offers KD 5 million to COVID-19 fund
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, His Highness Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as well as Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh. - Amiri Diwan photo KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad...
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750 Philippine nationals on first day of residency violators amnesty
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh, Minister of Social Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel and Interior Ministry officials tour a location to receive people wishing to take advantage of the amnesty. - Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh By A SalehKUWAIT: The Interior Ministry began Wednesday receiving residency law violators in a process that will continue until the end of the month. A large number of people showed up at two schools in...
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India's CBSE cancels grade 10, 12 exams for overseas schools
By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to cancel remaining examinations for grades 10 and 12 for affiliated schools outside India in view of the crisis situation prevailing across the world in the aftermath of coronavirus outbreak, a statement issued by the Board said on Wednesday.The decision will have serious implications on hundreds of thousands of students who are studying in schools spread...
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