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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 72 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), most of which are for Kuwaiti patients who returned to the country from Iran, in addition to two Kuwaitis who returned from Egypt, an Egyptian national who returned to Kuwait from a visit to Azerbaijan, as well as two other Egyptian residents and a Sudanese citizen who came in contact with him. With the exception of five cases in critical condition, all...
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As pressure for coronavirus vaccine mounts, scientists debate risks of accelerated testing
NAPLES: A street seller/performer sits at his stall next to a sign reading "Only in Naples is being sold the vaccine against the coronavirus" on Piazza San Domenico Maggiore in Naples. – AFP CHICAGO: Drugmakers are working as quickly as possible to develop a vaccine to combat the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has infected more than 100,000 people worldwide. Behind the scenes, scientists and medical experts are concerned that rushing a...
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Italy rock legend to stream concert against virus 'loneliness'
Gianna Nannini An Italian rock star promised Tuesday to stream her next concert from home to break through the "loneliness" imposed by the government's social distancing measures to curb the new coronavirus. Gianna Nannini, now 65 and a local celebrity who has around 30 albums to her name, took to Instagram to lament about life in the time of the deadly epidemic. "The terrible thing about this virus is the loneliness," she wrote shortly after...
Ferrari's German driver Sebastian Vettel (C) walks down pit lane with team members at the Albert Park circuit ahead of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 11, 2020. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --
Formula One team staff tested for virus at Australian Grand Prix
MELBOURNE: Ferrari's German driver Sebastian Vettel (C) walks down pit lane with team members at the Albert Park circuit ahead of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne yesterday. – AFP MELBOURNE: Three Formula One team staff members have been isolated at the Australian Grand Prix while tests are conducted for the new coronavirus, officials said yesterday, casting a shadow over the opening race of the year. Two were from the Haas...
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Indonesian singles propose 'marriage without dating'
This photograph shows Indonesian women attending a religious lecture on marriage without dating at a mosque in Bekasi, on the eastern border of the capital Jakarta.-AFP photos Frustrated after a string of break-ups, Dwita Astari Pujiartati quit the casual romance circuit and turned to a growing trend among Indonesian singles-marriage without dating. The 27-year-old professor exchanged resumes with prospective suitors-helped by a Muslim...
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station on March 10, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The average price of one gallon of regular self-service gasoline in L.A. County dropped to $3.494, the lowest price since March of last year. Demand for gas and oil is declining in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
UAE joins Saudis in opening oil taps
LOS ANGELES: Gas prices are displayed at a Mobil gas station on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The average price of one gallon of regular self-service gasoline in LA County dropped to $3.494, the lowest price since March of last year. Demand for gas and oil is declining in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. - AFP DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates joined Saudi Arabia yesterday in promising to raise oil output to a record high in April, as the two Gulf...
Residents line up at a safety distance as they wait to shop at a supermarket in Codogno, southeast of Milan, on March 11, 2020 a day after Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people Tuesday to control the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)
Love in the time of coronavirus
CODOGNO: Residents line up at a safety distance as they wait to shop at a supermarket in Codogno, southeast of Milan, a day after Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people to control the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus. - AFP PARIS: People are being warned against cheek-kissing and handshakes for fear of spreading the coronavirus. But at such a time, are love and dating also on hold? Some in Paris, seen by its fans...
A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant on the street to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, near a hospital in Seoul on March 11, 2020. - South Korea announced its first rise in new coronavirus cases for five days on March 11, following a run of declines that have raised hopes the outbreak is coming under control. A total of 242 infections were confirmed on March 10 taking the South's total to 7,755. (Photo by - / YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE
S Korea coronavirus cases jump after call centre outbreak
SEOUL: A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant on the street to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, near a hospital yesterday. - AFP SEOUL: South Korea reported a jump in new coronavirus cases yesterday, reversing 11 days of slowing infections, as authorities tested hundreds of staff at a Seoul call centre where the disease broke out this week. Another 242 new cases were reported, compared with 35 a day earlier,...
President of Turkey and leader of Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) waves as he attends his party's group meeting at Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara, Turkey on March 11, 2020. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
Corona! Thermal camera protects Erdogan in the Turkish parliament
ANKARA: President of Turkey and leader of Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) waves as he attends his party's group meeting at Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara yesterday. - AFP ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan appeared in Turkey's parliament with an extra cameraman yesterday - an aide with a thermal camera checking people he met for fever which could be linked to coronavirus. The aide scanned journalists...
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New Zealand fighting rising hate, one year after mosque massacre
WELLINGTON: Days before the first anniversary of a shooting in Christchurch that killed 51 Muslim worshippers, a post appeared on an encrypted messaging app showing a balaclava-clad man outside one of the attacked mosques with a threat and a gun emoji. The message was the latest in a number of threats against minorities in New Zealand, evidence of what experts say is an increase in hate crime and xenophobia since the mosque massacre by a...
King Philippeof Belgium (C) and Minister of Health Maggie De Block (Center R) visit the Sciensano, the Belgian institute for health, for an informative meeting on the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, in Uccle, Brussels on March 11, 2020. (Photo by LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ / various sources / AFP) / Belgium OUT
Whatever it takes: EU in show of unity, tackles coronavirus
BRUSSELS: King Philippe of Belgium (center) and Minister of Health Maggie De Block (center right) visit the Sciensano, the Belgian institute for health, for an informative meeting on the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, in Uccle, Brussels yesterday. - AFP BRUSSELS: European leaders sought to present a united front on Tuesday as the coronavirus cast a lengthening shadow across their continent, but fell short of agreeing radical measures to tackle an...
STANFORD, CA - MARCH 09: A person walks towards the main quad during a quiet morning at Stanford University on March 9, 2020 in Stanford, California. Stanford University announced that classes will be held online for the remainder of the winter quarter after a staff member working in a clinic tested positive for the Coronavirus. Philip Pacheco/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Coronavirus: Top US universities move classes online
CALIFORNIA: A person walks towards the main quad during a quiet morning at Stanford University in Stanford, California. Stanford University announced that classes will be held online for the remainder of the winter quarter after a staff member working in a clinic tested positive for the Coronavirus. - AFP NEW YORK: Major American universities - including Harvard, Princeton and Columbia - have been forced to cancel classes because of the...
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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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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
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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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones