Coronavirus

Kuwait municipality goes paperless

Reliance on e-correspondence with government agencies part of precautions to fight virus Kuwait’s municipality has decided to stop all paper correspondence in favour of online...

Coronavirus: Human trial of new vaccine begins in UK

Volunteers have begun being immunized with a new UK coronavirus vaccine. About 300 people will have the vaccine over the coming weeks, as part of...

WHO’s Tedros expects world to hit 10 million coronavirus cases next week

Dr Mike Ryan, head of the WHO emergency program, said the pandemic for many countries in the Americas had not yet peaked, and that...

IATA suggests steps to avoid quarantines, travel bans

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Wednesday urged governments to avoid quarantine measures when re-opening their economies and proposed a two-step risk mitigation...

Saudi reports 3,123 new coronavirus cases, 41 deaths; Qatar confirms 5 deaths

Saudi Arabia reported 3,123 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 167,267, the Ministry of Health announced...

Kuwait parliament extends suspension after tea boy tests positive

But country’s transition to second of five-phase plan to go ahead on Thursday Kuwait appeared set to move to the second of its five-phase plan...

846 new coronavirus infection cases, 3 deaths

Ministry of Health announced 846 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 41,879, while 3 deaths were...

Relief for expats as Kerala eases on demand for Covid-free certificates

The returnees will have to wear PPE kits instead. After drawing criticism for making it mandatory for the Kerala diaspora returning from abroad to possess...

Kuwait lawmakers call on government to pay six months rent, 80% wages for SMEs

Lawmakers also seek extend loan repayment periods for SMEs A Kuwaiti parliamentary panel has submitted a motion to the Cabinet to open up the largest...

India: 465 COVID-19 deaths, 15,968 positive cases

Indian authorities said on Wednesday that the number of COVID-19 deaths climbed to 465 cases while one day positive cases recorded in the country...