Новости за 23.01.2021

WUHAN, China: The Chinese city of Wuhan marked one year since the start of its traumatic 76-day coronavirus lockdown yesterday, while the pandemic raged elsewhere and governments scrambled to put in place new measures. Europe faced a worsening struggle with production woes hitting supply of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine as well as the Pfizer/BioNTech shot. Around […]

LONDON: Imams across Britain are helping a drive to dispel coronavirus disinformation, using Friday sermons and their influential standing within Muslim communities to argue that COVID-19 vaccines are safe. Qari Asim, chairman of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board (MINAB) which is leading a campaign to reassure its faithful, is among those publically advocating […]

AMMAN: Omar’s heart sinks when he trudges past his closed school gates in the Jordanian capital Amman – now part of his trip to work, to repair and clean kerosene heaters. The 14-year-old, who dreams of becoming a pilot, is one of many minors experts say have been forced prematurely into the labor market. Schools […]

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: It’s been nearly a month since the coronavirus vaccination campaign kicked off in Kuwait, and the latest announced number of people who have been vaccinated is 20,000. People are wondering how long the vaccination process will take, considering it could last for years, which means that life won’t get back to […]

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent condolence cables to Iraq’s President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadmi expressing his sincere condolences on the victims of two deadly blasts in central Baghdad. The attacks on a busy market in the Iraqi capital led to the death and injury of dozens […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait listed 534 new coronavirus infections and no virus-related deaths yesterday, compared to 533 new cases and one death on Friday, taking the total cases up to 160,901 and deaths to 952, the health ministry said. Meanwhile, total recoveries reached 153,746 after the ministry reported 439 and 481 recoveries yesterday and Friday, respectively. The […]

KUWAIT: It is imperative to strengthen legislation dealing with maritime navigation to beef up anti-infiltration efforts, Kuwait?’s interior minister said on Friday, a week after authorities reported suspected trespassers into the country’s waters. “We will not accept any security shortcomings or a repeat of last week’s incident,” Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah was cited as saying in […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait could soon introduce a new form of identification cards for expatriates to replace civil IDs that would be issued exclusively to citizens, a local daily reported. According to security sources quoted in an Al-Rai Arabic daily report, the Interior Ministry’s Directorate General of Residency Affairs made a proposal to issue magnetic ID cards […]

KUWAIT: Al-Safat Investment Company held a medical seminar about the new coronavirus strain and hosted General Surgery Consultant in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital Dr Fatima Khajah, a frontline hero in fighting the virus. The seminar was held in Al-Safat Tower in the presence of Al-Safat Investment Company CEO Ahmed Abouzeid and all company employees as well […]