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Premier visits National Guard
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah attends a meeting during his visit to the Kuwait National Guard (KNG) headquarters yesterday. - National Guard photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday visited the Kuwait National Guard (KNG) headquarters, where he was received by KNG Deputy Chief Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and senior officers....
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Gearing up for any emergency, solidarity needed: Kuwait's PM
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah attends a meeting with with senior commanders at the Ministry of Defense yesterday. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: Kuwait is managing the crisis as long as it takes, said His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday. His Highness's remark came during his meeting with senior commanders at the Ministry of Defense; spearheaded by Deputy...
Kuwaiti healthy ministry workers scan expatriates living in Kuwait who returned from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, as they arrive to a specified place to be tested for coronavirus in Kuwait City on March 12, 2020. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Lab technicians, first responders face high risk in COVID-19 fight
Kuwaiti healthy ministry workers scan expatriates living in Kuwait who returned from Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, as they arrive to a specified place to be tested for coronavirus in Kuwait City on March 12, 2020. -- YASSER AL-ZAYYAT By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Medical technologist Richard, a frontliner in the testing of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is scared for his health and that of his family. But he is not complaining since it's his job to be...
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Kuwait donates $40 million to aid global fight against coronavirus
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah speaks during a video conference call with heads of Kuwait's diplomatic missions in several European countries yesterday. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait have donated $40 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) in contribution to the fight against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), currently sweeping the world, a senior Kuwaiti diplomat said yesterday. The...
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Evacuating Kuwaitis from abroad pending Cabinet instructions: Minister
Minister Mubarak Al-Harees By Meshaal Al-EneziKUWAIT: Minister of State for Services Affairs and Minister of State for Assembly Affairs Mubarak Al-Harees yesterday presided over the meeting of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) special supreme committee for limiting the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking to the press after the meeting, Harees said the meeting discussed the measures followed at Kuwait International Airport, as...
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Kuwait oil price down to $32.16 pb
KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti crude oil shed $3.30, settling at $32.16 pb Monday against $35.46 pb on Friday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said yesterday. In global markets, prices took another nosedive as the already growing fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to amplify. Brent crude went down by $3.36, settling at $30.50 pb, while the West Texas Intermediate lost $2.08 to land at $29.65 pb. The OPEC daily basket price went down...
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Ministers discuss ramifications of COVID-19
KUWAIT: Ministers of health, education and foreign affairs meet to discuss ramifications of the coronavirus yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Humoud Al-Sabah, Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Saud Al-Harbi met yesterday to discuss the combat against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The meeting, hosted by the Ministry of...
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Municipality explains exemptions from stores closure
By Meshaal Al-Enezi KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality yesterday issued a statement explaining the facilities to be closed on Cabinet orders made as part of precautionary measures taken to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The statement said the closure includes all shopping malls, barbershops and beauty salons, spas, gyms and swimming pools, recreation and children's arcades and the Friday and Mubarakiya markets. The closure decision exempts...
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Online platform for 'home quarantine'
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health yesterday launched an online platform to register people who are in home quarantine. Director of Capital Health Zone Dr Afrah Al-Sarraf announced the launch of an online service to register the data of people who are in home quarantine to follow up with them without the need to visit the health centers. This online service was launched for citizens and expatriates to reduce the spread of infection and in line with...
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Zain changes network name to STAY HOME
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced changing its network's name to STAY HOME. The initiative comes in line with the directives of the Council of Ministers and the State's tremendous efforts in these exceptional circumstances to fight the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), reminding its valued customers to commit to staying at home as much as possible and contribute to ending this pandemic together....
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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Expatriates wait to be tested at the center. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 130 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). With the exception of four cases in critical condition, all cases are in stable condition and are recovering in quarantined locations designated by the government for this purpose, while hundreds have been discharged after exhibiting no symptoms during their 14-day...
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Coronavirus drugs: Who's doing what?
WASHINGTON: Pharmaceuticals and research labs across the world are racing to find vaccines and treatments for the new coronavirus, using a variety of different technologies. According to Benjamin Neuman, a virologist at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, immunizing against the pathogen is a long shot: There has never been a very successful human vaccine against any member of the coronavirus family. "This is going to be a lot of trial, a lot of...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable