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Polyclinic requests backup to test expats returning to Kuwait for COVID-19 infection

By A Saleh KUWAIT: A photo which circulated on social media yesterday shows a large crowd standing in line outside the Subhan polyclinic for precautionary medical tests. KUWAIT: Subhan polyclinic recently called for backup to help control crowds of recent expats returnees wishing to undergo precautionary medical tests, the Health Ministry said yesterday. This came in response to inquiries that many expats made after being told when they returned...

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Kuwait tightens curbs on coronavirus spread

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's emergency meeting on Friday. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti government decided to tighten controls on flights to and from countries hit by novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks. During its emergency meeting, held at Al-Seif Palace on Friday night under the chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad...

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Amir directs standing by Iran in face of COVID-19

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Wishing its friendly people utmost safety while overcoming the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on Friday expressed Kuwait's empathy towards what the Islamic Republic is facing, to his Iranian counterpart. In a phone call with its top diplomat Javad Zarif, Sheikh Dr Ahmad Al-Nasser also conveyed His Highness the...

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Kuwait Humanitarian aid continues despite coronavirus outbreak

Relief aid part of a humanitarian program initiated by Al-Rahma International for Syrians in Jordan. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait endeavors to aid all societies experiencing tough situations through financial and other means of support to alleviate them from further suffering. Kuwait-based charity 'Al-Rahma International' initiated a comprehensive humanitarian program geared towards Syrian refugees residing in Jordan, with university students taking...

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Kuwait condemns terrorist attack in Tunisia

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of condolences on Friday to Tunisian President Kais Saied, expressing condolences over the suicide attack that targeted the US embassy in Tunis and resulted in a casualty and injuries. His Highness the Amir expressed sorrow over the loss of life, hoping for a speedy recovery to those injured, as well as...

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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far

KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 61 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which all are for Kuwaiti patients who returned to the country from Iran. With the exception of two cases Kuwaiti women in their 70s who have been admitted to the intensive care unit with pneumonia, all cases are in stable condition and are recovering in quarantined locations designated by the government for this purpose, while two people have been...

Muna Al-Fuzai

Muna Al-Fuzai By Muna Al-Fuzai I like many others was calling on the government to take all necessary measures to protect the population in Kuwait from the risk of the spread of the coronavirus. One of those popular demands was the closure of air links with countries where there are cases of persons infected with the coronavirus. I think this procedure is important for the entire population, whether citizens or expatriates, because the risk of...

Muslim worshippers circumambulate the sacred Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, on March 7, 2020. - Saudi Arabia reopened today the area around the sacred Kaaba, reversing one of a series of measures introduced to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Saudi authorities this week suspended the year-round umrah pilgrimage, during which worshippers circle the Kaaba seven times, and also announced the temporary closure of the area around the cube structure. (Photo by Abdel Ghani BASHIR / AFP)

Prayers overshadowed by virus fears

MAKKAH: Worshippers circumambulate the sacred Kaaba in the Grand Mosque yesterday. – AFP JERUSALEM: From Jerusalem to Makkah, Muslims across the Middle East held Friday prayers under the shadow of the new coronavirus, with some gatherings cancelled and others subdued because of the deadly outbreak. The highly contagious disease is believed to be transmitted through close contact and authorities globally have moved to restrict large...

Migrants run away from tear gas at the Turkey-Greece border buffer zone near Pazarkule crossing gate in Edirne, on March 7, 2020, during clashes between Greek police and migrants trying to cross to the Greek side. - Greece plans to build two new temporary camps to house hundreds of additional asylum seekers who arrived after a surge enabled by Turkey, the migration minister said Saturday. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)

Migrant crisis at Greek-Turkish border in second week as EU mulls more aid

EDIRNE, Turkey: Migrants run away from teargas at the Turkey-Greece border buffer zone near Pazarkule crossing gate yesterday during clashes between Greek police and migrants trying to cross to the Greek side. - AFP KASTANIES: The European Union has pleaded with migrants on the Turkish border to stop trying to cross into Greece but dangled the prospect of more aid for Ankara as a standoff between Greek riot police and refugees entered a second...

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Bethlehem under lockdown after virus cases confirmed

BEIT JALA: Palestinian security forces man a checkpoint in Beit Jala on the outskirts of the biblical city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank yesterday, currently under lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. - AFP BETHLEHEM: The city of Bethlehem was under lockdown yesterday after the first Palestinian cases of the deadly coronavirus were discovered there and authorities announced a state of emergency. Palestinian Health Minister Mai...

Men stand next to a pile of clothes and footwear of the victims, a day after a gun attack at a political rally in Kabul on March 7, 2020. - Dozens of people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a political rally in Kabul on March 6, the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Dozens killed as gunmen attack Afghan rally

KABUL: Men stand next to a pile of clothes and footwear of victims yesterday, a day after a gun attack at a political rally. - AFP KABUL: Dozens of people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a political rally in Kabul on Friday, the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taleban. The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, highlights a glaring lack of security in the Afghan capital just 14 months...

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Pakistan's 'biggest feminist' under fire after sexist tirade

ISLAMABAD: In this picture taken on March 5, 2020 a man watches a video clip on his mobile phone of a local TV channel about a debate women's rights activist Marvi Sirmed (right) and television playwright Khalil ur Rehman (second left). - AFP LAHORE: He calls himself "Pakistan's biggest feminist", but soap-opera writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar sparked a national row this week after he hurled abuse at a women's rights activist on live television....

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