China Confirms New SARS-Like Coronavirus Strain Is Contagious Fears of Major Outbreak As Millions Travel for Lunar New Year Holiday
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JUMADA ALAWWAL 26, 1441 AH TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2020 28 Pages Max 21º Min 07º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18040 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net China confirms new SARS-like coronavirus strain is contagious Fears of major outbreak as millions travel for Lunar New Year holiday BEIJING: A SARS-like virus that has spread across China and reached three other Asian nations is conta- Criticism of finance gious between humans, a government expert said yes- terday, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions minister intensifies travel for the Lunar New Year holiday. The new coron- avirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has caused alarm because of its connection to over wages, taxes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which By B Izzak killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. The total number of people diagnosed with the virus KUWAIT: Lawmakers yesterday intensified their rose to 218, as Beijing and Shanghai confirmed their criticism of Finance Minister Mariam Al-Aqeel for first cases yesterday while more than a dozen more saying there is a need to revise the wages of civil ser- emerged in southern Guangdong province and 136 new vants and consider imposing taxes and charges. MP ones were found over the weekend in Wuhan, accord- Abdulwahab Al-Babtain disputed the figures provid- ing to state broadcaster CCTV. A third person died in ed by the minister while presenting the new budget Wuhan, the local health commission said. for 2020/2021, saying there is always a difference of Scientists have scrambled to determine the mode of more than one billion dinars between actual and gov- transmission, with a seafood market in Wuhan believed ernment figures. He also disputed what the minister to be the center of the outbreak. But Zhong Nanshan, a said, that government departments demanded KD 27 renowned scientist at the National Health Commission billion and that the ministry reduced the figure to KD who helped expose the scale of the SARS outbreak, 22.5 billion, doubting this huge figure could be right. said patients could contract the new virus without hav- Babtain said that touching the wages of Kuwaitis ing visited the city. “Currently, it can be said it is affir- is a red line, adding that “don’t think about borrowing mative that there is the phenomenon of WUHAN, China: Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan Hospital, where patients infected by a myste- Continued on Page 24 Continued on Page 24 rious SARS-like virus are being treated on Jan 18, 2020. — zAFP 2 Established 1961 Local Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Kuwait’s Amir receives message from Qatar’s Amir on bilateral ties Sheikh Sabah congratulates accolade-winning oncologist on success KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. —Amiri Diwan photos His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in a group photo with Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences officials. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Ambassador of Japan to Kuwait Masato Takaoka. meets with Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Syed Sajjad Haider. meets with Ambassador of Tanzania to Kuwait Aisha Salim Amour. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir and Qatari people. Kuwaiti Foreign Al-Sabah, Amiri Diwan Undersecretary compatriot Dr Wadah Al-Refai after he Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al- and His Highness the Amir’s Chief of was named the best surgical oncologist Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Mohammad Al-Sabah attended the Staff Ahmad Fahad Al-Fahad, and Head in the US state of Washington last year. Palace Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister meeting. of Amiri Protocols Sheikh Khaled Al- His Highness the Amir expressed his and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Abdullah Al-Sabah Al-Nasser Al-Sabah warm sentiments in a cable he sent to Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani Amir received newly appointed attended the meetings. His Highness the the Kuwaiti physician, who was installed who conveyed to His Highness the Ambassadors to Kuwait. His Highness Amir also received the visiting as the John Dillon Chair in Surgical Amir a message from Qatar’s Amir received the credentials of Ambassador Lebanese head of a religious institution Oncology at Georgetown University, an Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa of Tanzania Aisha Salim Amour, Sayyed Ali Mohammad Hussein achievement that garnered him the adu- Al Thani. The message contained Ambassador of Japan Masato Takaoka Fadhlallah. Meanwhile, His Highness the lation of the Kuwaiti leadership. His long-standing relations that unite the and Pakistan’s Ambassador Syed Sajjad Amir headed the Kuwait Foundation for Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh two countries and ways of supporting Haider. Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al- the Advancement of Sciences’ (KFAS) Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and developing them in all fields as Mohammad, Amiri Diwan Affairs meeting. and His Highness the Prime Minister well as issues of common concern. In Minister Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, In the meantime, His Highness the Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets return, His Highness the Amir wished Deputy Minister of Amiri Diwan Sheikh Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Sabah sent similar cables to the Kuwaiti with Lebanese head of a religious institution Sayyed Ali Mohammad health and prosperity to Qatar’s Amir Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah yesterday congratulated his surgeon. —KUNA Hussein Fadhlallah. Crown Prince meets governor, diplomats KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah received yesterday the Capital Governor Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Sabah. His Highness the Crown Prince also received the newly appointed Ambassadors of European Union to Kuwait Cristian Tudor and Algerian Ambassador to Kuwait Abdulmalek Buhduo. His Highness the Crown Prince also received newly appointed Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Carlo Baldocci. Sheikh Mubarak Sabah Al- Salem Al-Sabah, the head of protocol at KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad the Crown Prince Diwan, attended the Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Ambassadors of Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Algerian Ambassador to Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Italian Ambassador to meetings. —KUNA European Union to Kuwait Cristian Tudor. - KUNA photos Kuwait Abdulmalek Buhduo. Kuwait Carlo Baldocci. accompanying delegation. The meeting tries, the statement said. It also touched on issues of common concern Kuwaiti PM was attended by Assistant Foreign Kuwaiti Defense in addition to ways to enhance cooperation and work. Kuwait’s Army Minister of the GCC affairs, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohammad Khaled Al-Khodhr, Ambassador Nasser Hajji Al-Muzain Kuwait Army Deputy Chief of Staff Lt Gen Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah, a welcomes and Kuwaiti Ambassador to Qatar Minister meets number of senior army officials and Iraqi Charge d’Affaires in the Hafeeth Al-Ajmi. Kuwait’s Foreign country Mohammad Al-Husseini also attended the meeting. Qatari FM Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al- Iraqi counterpart Kuwait’s National Security Bureau chief Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al- Sabah also held talks yesterday with Sabah also discussed issues of mutual importance with visiting Iraqi KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime his Qatari counterpart. The talks, KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Defense Minister yesterday. The officials tackled means for coopera- Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- attended by a number of Kuwaiti and Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah discussed yesterday bilateral tion, bilateral relations and regional and international affairs of mutu- Hamad Al-Sabah received the visiting Qatari diplomats, revolved around ties ties with the visiting Iraqi Defense Minister Najah Al-Shammari. In a al concern, a statement by the bureau said. In the meantime, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and between the two Gulf countries, in statement released by the Directorate of Moral Guidance and Public National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem yesterday Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad addition to the latest happenings Relations following the meeting yesterday, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Mansour received the visiting Iraqi Defense Minister and his accompanying Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and his around the world. —KUNA stressed the importance of these meetings for the benefit of both delegation. MP Essa Al-Kandari attended the meeting. Separately, sides. The meeting also tackled issues that contribute to bringing Ghanem received the newly appointed Italian Ambassador to Kuwait views and unifying efforts of the political leadership in the two coun- Carli Baldocci. —KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah meets with Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah holds talks with Iraqi Defense Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. —KUNA Minister Najah Al-Shammari. —KUNA 3 Local Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Total or temporary labor deployment ban?