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Amir Praises Joint Efforts to Fight Coronavirus Outbreak 9 Expats Arrested • Teachers Can Exit Without Permits • Flights to Egypt Till March 30 SHAABAN 1, 1441 AH WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2020 20 Pages Max 26º Min 13º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18089 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net China epicenter to open Coronavirus shutdowns to Hand-washing: A luxury IOC urged to make quick Olympic 8 up; Britain in lockdown 9 hit Dubai economic lifeline 16 Yemenis cannot afford 20 decision; US backs postponement Amir praises joint efforts to fight coronavirus outbreak 9 expats arrested • Teachers can exit without permits • Flights to Egypt till March 30 KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah headed on Monday the Cabinet’s extraordinary session at Dar Salwa. “I can only at the beginning of this meeting express my sincere thanks and appreciations to my brother the Prime Minister, and all ministers, for their kind suggestion, out of concerns, that I should leave the country due to the coronavirus outbreak,” HH the Amir said. “I appreciate all this, and this makes me feel only more loyal to you all, as your elder brother, but thank Allah Almighty we now are all together; I can only thank my brother, the Prime Minister, the min- isters for their efforts,” he said. KUWAIT: Nine expats were arrested for breaching the “They said Kuwait is the first country that pre- curfew in Farwaniya. — KUNA ceded others in the face of this dangerous disease, the novel coronavirus,” HH the Amir noted, adding idea succeeded, due to their cooperation and “the second thing I would like to say is a big thank mutual support between the two branches, “which you to my brother Marzouq Al-Ghanem, the reached the result that you are seeing now”. “I Speaker of the National Assembly and the Prime hope that this will continue until the end of this cri- Minister, for their cooperation and building a bridge sis. I am also pleased to thank each one of you min- between the two branches so that all members of isters - females and males - sitting with their col- parliament become aware of all measures and facts, leagues, for a great job and effort during this time,” KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah heads the Cabinet’s extraordinary session at Dar and the reality on the ground during this crisis.” the Amir added. Salwa on Monday. — KUNA HH the Amir added thank Allah Almighty this Continued on Page 16 Ghanem also praised the Kuwaiti peo- now in the second month, and we all know Assembly hails ple’s unity and their support for their that we are facing a crisis that does not political leadership and government to have a specific time limit, and we must implement all preventive and precaution- continue with our preventive measures to Amir’s efforts, ary measures to contain the virus. He also protect public health in Kuwait from this sincerely thanked the MPs for their coop- dangerous pandemic,” the PM said in a cooperation eration, support and sublimation, above speech during a parliament session. “We any differences, to stand as one team with should learn from other experiences, and KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker the government and the Kuwaiti people. to spare our country from sliding into Marzouq Al-Ghanem expressed thanks HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah chaos,” Sheikh Sabah said, calling for a yesterday to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled stressed the importance on continuing cooperation with all parties Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for his learning from the lessons and painful involved in combating COVID-19. directives and successful management of scenes that we all are witnessing in The premier thanked the Kuwaiti peo- the coronavirus outbreak crisis. During a many countries as a result of the spread ple and residents in the country for their National Assembly session held yesterday, of coronavirus, stressing on the need for cooperation and commitment to health Ghanem voiced great appreciation of the everyone to continue to cooperate with instructions, especially staying indoors tremendous efforts exerted by HH the the government to protect public health and avoiding gatherings. The premier also Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled in Kuwait. praised the support received by the Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his team to fight “We are closing on the first month National Assembly during combating this KUWAIT: MPs are seen during a session of the National Assembly yester- the coronavirus challenge. since the start of the crisis and we are pandemic. — KUNA day. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat afflicted by poverty and patchy inter- Arab kids told net access, teachers, parents and pupils have been left scrambling not to lose the rest of the school year. Gulf residents ‘turn on TV’ for Conflict-plagued countries such as Syria and Yemen face an even greater call for end to home lessons challenge, with infrastructure and modern telecommunications in tatters. TRIPOLI: Either on television as in Over three million children in the Arab VoIP call bans Libya or on tablets in the IT-savvy world were already deprived of schooling even before the coronavirus DUBAI: Residents in the United Arab Emirates Gulf, in the time of novel coronavirus millions of schoolchildren around the crisis, with more than 8,850 schools and other Gulf states are urging telecom firms either damaged or destroyed in fight- to further ease restrictions on free Internet Arab world are now learning lessons at home. Governments across the region ing in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen. calls as coronavirus separates families and have shuttered schools forcing pupils In Libya, despite its protracted forces people to work and study from home. to stay away in a bid to combat the war, the education ministry has struck The UAE’s two telecommunications firms virus, but at the risk of deepening an a deal with local television stations to KUWAIT: Children learn online via a computer screen at their home Etisalat and Du said they recently enabled already worrying educational divide. broadcast “compulsory” lessons for on Monday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Microsoft Teams over both Wi-Fi and mobile Across the region in many countries Continued on Page 16 data connections as well as Blackboard, Zoom and CloudTalk - but appear to continue to block more popular applications. hood, which has become a focal point “Please just listen to us. Unblock Skype, Indian police for opposition to the law seen as dis- WhatsApp, FaceTime, even if it’s just tempo- criminating against Muslims. rary. 80% of the country is away from their clear anti-govt Hundreds of police in riot gear sur- homes,” urged Twitter user @danielmarcevans. rounded the protesters early yester- “If not now during the spread of the virus to day and told them to leave, said allow us to communicate with our families, then protest sit-in Delhi’s joint police commissioner D C when?” user Basem Saif tweeted on Sunday. Srivastava. “It is a dangerous environ- Applications that use Voice over Internet NEW DELHI: Police in India’s capi- ment, with this coronavirus, we urged Protocol (VoIP) services - free Internet-to- tal broke up the longest-running them to leave,” he told reporters. Internet voice and video calls - are restricted protest against Prime Minister Some demonstrators resisted the to varying degrees in the UAE, Oman, Qatar Narendra Modi’s citizenship law yes- police and at least nine people had and Saudi Arabia, but not in Bahrain or Kuwait. terday, citing a ban on public gather- been detained, six of them women, ings because of the coronavirus out- Expatriates make up the majority in many Gulf Srivastava said, adding there was no break. Dozens of people, many of states, particularly the UAE, the region’s busi- violence. Television showed police them women, have been staging a sit- ness and tourism hub. taking down tents and billboards at in protest since early December on a Continued on Page 16 the protest site with bulldozers. NEW DELHI: Security personnel patrol on the streets in Shaheen Bagh after street in the Shaheen Bagh neighbor- Continued on Page 16 removing demonstrators yesterday. — AFP 2 Established 1961 Wednesday, March 25, 2020 Local US envoy thanks Kuwait’s public servants, health workers, for tireless efforts Ambassador Alina Romanowski’s interview on COVID crisis, guidance for Americans KUWAIT: The United States’ Ambassador to Kuwait regarding COVID-19. I commend the Kuwaiti govern- express my appreciation for the tireless efforts of Alina Romanowski spoke in an interview about a vari- ment for its proactive response to COVID-19. The Kuwait’s public servants, particularly its health care Curfew Diaries ety of topics related to the fight against the spread of United States is committed to working with Kuwait workers, to support the health and wellbeing of every- the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kuwait and globally. and other members of the international community to one living in Kuwait. The following are excerpts from the interview: Question: How is the Embassy engaging with its Day 2 - Recycle, Question: How do you spend your days during citizens in the country on COVID-19? the Coronavirus crisis? Romanowski: We remain committed to doing reduce, reuse Ambassador Alina Romanowski: My highest pri- Emergency everything we can to protect the health and welfare of ority during the COVID-19 crisis is the welfare and American citizens overseas, and the Department of security of American citizens in Kuwait, including the contacts for State is actively working with governments and inter- and replenish US Embassy staff and their families. I work every day US citizens national partners around the world, including Kuwait, to ensure that we are helping those in urgent need.
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