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Govt mulls locking down expat-dominated areas
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Authorities are seriously considering the possibility of imposing a lockdown on a number of residential areas dominated by expatriates amid a rise in the number of expatriate coronavirus cases and calls by MPs to isolate those areas, lawmakers said yesterday. Although the number of expats infected with COVID-19 remains a small portion of the cases announced, it has been on the rise for the past few days and the source of...
Men wait to cross a street in Dubai on March 28, 2020 as the emirate tries to stem the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)
Gulf's massive expatriate workforce fears virus limbo
DUBAI: Men wait to cross a street on March 28, 2020 as the emirate tries to stem the spread of the COVID-19. – AFP DOHA: Millions of migrant workers across the Gulf face uncertainty as host countries lock down, employers withhold wages or mull redundancies, and strict coronavirus containment measures lead to deportations and confinement. "We've been in lockdown for the last eight to 10 days, we don't know when it will end," said a 27-year-old...
This photo taken on March 29, 2020 shows staff members spraying disinfectant at a shopping mall as it prepares to reopen to the public after closing due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. - Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged last year, partly reopened on March 28 after more than two months of near total isolation for its population of 11 million. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
China's Hubei cremates coronavirus dead
WUHAN: Staff members spray disinfectant at a shopping mall as it prepares to reopen to the public after closing due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. - AFP JINGZHOU: Ten unclaimed urns sit in the crematorium in Jingzhou, a city in central China's Hubei province hard-hit by coronavirus. Not only are funerals banned across China, in places like Jingzhou bereaved relatives who are stuck in their homes...
A picture taken on March 28, 2020 shows a deserted street in the Emirate city of Dubai amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)
UAE opens drive-through coronavirus 'testing site'
DUBAI: A picture shows a deserted street in the Emirate city of Dubai amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. – AFP DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates said it has launched a drive-through coronavirus testing facility as part of the Gulf state's efforts to fight the disease. The facility, inaugurated by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, will provide screenings within five minutes, using state-of-the-art equipment and a medical...
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Trump ditches hopes of quick virus bounce-back
NEW YORK: An elderly man is transported from Lenox Health Medical Pavilion to an ambulance in New York City. A senior US scientist issued a cautious prediction that the novel coronavirus could claim 100,000 to 200,000 lives in the United States. - AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has extended emergency coronavirus restrictions for the United States, where his top scientist warned up to 200,000 people could die, as the Russian capital and...
Vegetable vendors set up their stalls maintaining social distance at an open field during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Mumbai on March 30, 2020. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)
Asia virus latest: Modi apologizes, Australia limits gatherings
MUMBAI: Vegetable vendors set up their stalls maintaining social distance at an open field during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Mumbai yesterday. - AFP HONG KONG: Here are the latest developments from Asia related to the novel coronavirus pandemic: Modi asks Indians for forgiveness India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologized to citizens for the sweeping...
TOPSHOT - Nurses work to prepare the Intensive care unit in the new Covid-19 Hospital on March 29, 2020 in Verduno, near Alba, Northwestern Italy on the eve of its official opening, as part of the measures taken to fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. - The hospital have seven beds of intensive care and fifty beds for patients infected by the COVID-19. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)
Mafia primed to feast on Italy's virus devastation
VERDUNO: Nurses work to prepare the Intensive care unit in the new Covid-19 Hospital in Verduno, near Alba, Northwestern Italy on the eve of its official opening, as part of the measures taken to fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. The hospital have seven beds of intensive care and fifty beds for patients infected by the COVID-19. - AFP ROME: As Italy mourns thousands of coronavirus dead, and survivors brace for life in an...
This picture taken on March 27, 2020 shows a view of a purpose-built sealed hospital bed self-built by a resident of Iraq's southern city of Basra to isolate COVID-19 coronavirus disease patients, the scientific and medical efficacy of which has not yet been endorsed by Iraq's health ministry nor confirmed by AFP. - The sealed chamber bed reportedly includes air conditioning for ventilation, ultraviolet lamps for sterilisation, and a television set for entertainment. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)
No resting place for coronavirus dead in Iraq
BASRA: This picture taken on March 27, 2020 shows a view of a purpose-built sealed hospital bed built by a resident to isolate coronavirus patients. - AFP BAGHDAD: For Saad Malik, losing his father to the novel coronavirus was only the beginning of his nightmare. For over a week, cemeteries across Iraq refused to allow the elderly man's burial. Fearing the respiratory illness could somehow spread from the corpses to nearby population centers,...
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Kuwait reports 11 new cases, five recoveries from COVID-19
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced yesterday that 11 people were infected by the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, in the last 24 hours. This brings the country's tally of confirmed virus cases up to 266, the ministry's spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in a daily news briefing. Earlier yesterday, Kuwaiti Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah announced the recovery of five additional people from the novel...
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Private schools continue e-learning despite directive
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: The Cabinet's decision to suspend all public and private schools until the fall is not being fully applied in many private schools. Teachers continue teaching online and students are supposed to attend online classes and complete assigned work. Parents are left confused and uncertain. Will children in private schools graduate in June and start a new year in the fall? Will all the work being done now via e-learning be...
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First phase of Kuwaitis' repatriation from COVID-19-hit countries concludes
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem meets with Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah. - KUNA photo KUWAIT: A plane carrying Kuwaiti citizens from London arrived in Kuwait International Airport Sunday, the last aircraft of the first phase of a plan to repatriate nationals from countries hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The repatriation is part of an operation conducted jointly by the foreign, health and...
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Youth Authority places resources under 'health' disposal
KUWAIT: Minister of Information Mohammad Al-Jabri speaks during a Public Authority for Youth meeting. - KUNA KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Youth (PAY) is placing its resources and capabilities under the disposal of health authorities to help them contain spread of coronavirus, Minister of Information Mohammad Al-Jabri said Sunday. PAY set up a call center to facilitate the mission of the volunteering committee which consists of government and...
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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
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MoH underlines importance of compact imaging device