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Kuwait
Kuwait book fair kicks off Wednesday after two year hiatus
Kuwait: Kuwait 45th edition of the International Book fair will kick start on Wednesday and will involve participants from 29…
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Health
Kuwait handling of COVID-19 robust, within int’l standards
Kuwait: The coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic had a great impact on the global community, leading several countries to impose strict health…
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World
Biden tests negative for Covid after completing treatment
Washington: US President Joe Biden has had two negative Covid-19 tests and no longer needs to isolate after recovering from…
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World
China locks down city of 300,000 over single Covid case
Beijing: Hundreds of thousands of people were under lockdown in a small Chinese city Tuesday after just one case of…
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Health
Omicron ‘sub-variant’ throws up new coronavirus questions
PARIS/WASHINGTON: Scientists are keeping a close watch on a recently-discovered sub-variant of the Omicron version of the COVID-19 virus to…
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Asia
Virus tracing highlights China inequality
BEIJING: The stark contrast between the lives of two coronavirus patients unearthed by Chinese contact tracers sparked a widespread debate…
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Asia
Fury over Hong Kong’s mass cull of hamsters, small pets
Hong Kong’s government faced outrage yesterday over its decision to cull thousands of small animals after hamsters in a pet…
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Kuwait
Kuwait COVID cases jump above 5,000 for first time
By B Izzak KUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday decided to cut the duration of home quarantine for vaccinated passengers arriving in…
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Kuwait
Coronavirus cases decline but rate of infection rises
By B Izzak KUWAIT: The number of new coronavirus cases dropped for the second day yesterday, but the infection rate…
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Lawmakers urge government to create more jobs for Kuwaitis
By B Izzak KUWAIT: Lawmakers yesterday called on authorities to strictly apply laws and decisions issued to create more jobs…
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Kuwait
New COVID cases top 4,500 despite 82% vaccination rate
By B Izzak KUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday reported 4,548 new coronavirus cases as the pandemic continued to spread, despite…
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Omicron spreads faster and weakens jabs: WHO
GENEVA: The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe…
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