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Kuwait able to defeat COVID-19: China envoy
Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Li Minggang KUWAIT: Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Li Minggang said on Monday that Kuwait is able to conquer the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the near future. Li appreciated Kuwait's backing to, and cooperation with, his country since the outbreak of the virus in China's central city of Wuhan, adding that Kuwait had provided China with $3 millions' worth of medical supplies. He noted that his country had shared its...
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Kuwait fast-tracks med students' finals
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Saud Al-Harbi approved a proposal to allow fast-tracking of exams of final-year medical students, enabling them to register as doctors to join medical staff fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The proposal, tabled by Kuwait University's vice-president for Medical Sciences Dr Adel Al-Hunayyan, enables the final-year medical students do their final exams, KU said in...
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Kuwait's Foreign Minister meets team tasked with repatriation of citizens
KUWAIT: Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah chairs a meeting with a team tasked with arranging repatriation of Kuwaiti citizens back home. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah met Monday with a team tasked with arranging repatriation of Kuwaiti citizens back home, to discuss means of guaranteeing safety of nationals until their return, a foreign ministry statement said. The...
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Kuwait Municipality measures to guarantee public wellbeing
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality adopted measures since outset of coronavirus crisis to minimize impacts on public wellbeing calling for provision of sanitizers, masks and gloves, and closing restaurants, coffee shops and any place that see gathering of people. Municipality spokesman Mohammad Al-Mutairi, in a statement to the press Monday, said the body acted upon instructions of Government and Ministry of Health and closed cinema theaters,...
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KRCS distributes thousands of meals to people in need
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) is exerting huge efforts in delivering aid to people in need inside Kuwait in light of the exceptional situation which forced many people out of job following a lockdown, and to encourage people to stay indoors after the government imposed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).As part of these efforts, KRCS has distributed over 1,900 food baskets to school janitors, as well as 3,000...
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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 289 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). With the exception of thirteen cases in intensive care, all 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 during their 14-day quarantine period, the Ministry of Health confirmed. Meanwhile, 73 people have...
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Curfew Diaries: Fake news virus
By Jamie Etheridge we started seeing the first coronavirus cases in late February, a parallel phenomenon of fake news has been thriving alongside. As the government battled to organize a response and communicate the necessary news and information to the public, fake news rose in tandem, spreading fear and panic faster than the virus itself. Fake news may seem harmless, but in some instances it can be fatal. For example, in India, people have...
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Another day of COVID-19
By Abdellatif Sharaaevening I go to my private corner in my apartment to go through the news and review certain topics on social media, and of course to follow the latest on the coronavirus epidemic around the world. Unfortunately, the issue has become a matter of numbers, as numbers have become the gauge of whether the situation is getting under control or not (x number of cases discovered, x number of cases died, x number of cases...
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New Olympic date likely 'this week'
TOKYO: In this file photo taken on March 11, 2020 a woman wearing a face mask walks in the tunnel of a metro station with a poster of Miraitowa, official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. – AFP TOKYO: New dates for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will likely be revealed this week, organisers said yesterday after the coronavirus forced the historic decision to postpone the Games until next year. Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori told...
People wearing face masks walk past a mall in Wuhan, in Chinaís central Hubei province on March 30, 2020. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
China unexpectedly cuts reverse repo rate
WUHAN: People wearing face masks walk past a mall in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province yesterday. - AFP SHANGHAI: China's central bank unexpectedly cut the rate on reverse repurchase agreements by 20 basis points yesterday, the largest in nearly five years, as authorities ramped up steps to relieve pressure on an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.The People's Bank of China (PBOC) announced on its website that it was lowering the...
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India women seaweed divers swim against the tide of climate change
RAMANATHAPURAM: In a blue plastic barrel, Meenakshi Mookupori packed her belongings for a five-day stay on an island in the Indian Ocean, off the Coromandal coast of south India. Besides her clothes, toothbrush and soap, she included her diving gear - a worn-out pair of black socks, a locally made pair of goggles, cheap plastic slippers, cloth gloves, a round metallic plate with straps - and pain killers. Mookupori, 56, is one of nearly 2,000...
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MoI details amnesty procedures
By A SalehKUWAIT: The interior ministry's PR and security media department announced that Deputy PM and Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh has issued an amnesty decision allowing residency violators to leave the country without paying any fines or airfare with a chance to return to Kuwait later. The ministry added that this amnesty was issued in view of the circumstances the country is currently going through and as part of the precautionary...
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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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Hand of female holding sunscreen. Very sun light Sky background.Health concepts and skin care
‘Protect yourself against skin cancer,’ CAN warns
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The image shows a finger directing attention to A PET CT scan image shows comprehensive views of organs and tissues isolated on white background. Clipping path.
MoH underlines importance of compact imaging device