Amir Commends Ministry of Health's Frontline Workers
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RAJAB 6, 1442 AH THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021 16 Pages Max 18º Min 15º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18364 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Libyans remember revolution that ‘We just want to play’: Iran Mbappe hat-trick stuns Barca, Tsitsipas stuns Nadal in 5 sets; 5 ousted Gaddafi but brought chaos 13 gamers battle US sanctions 15 puts PSG in sight of quarters 16 Barty’s over for Aussie hopes Amir commends ministry of health’s frontline workers Sheikh Nawaf hails ‘national spirit’ of people in confronting the pandemic KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah for the commended government authorities’ efforts carried out by the government efforts, namely the ministry of health, to confront the pandemic. He praised whose healthcare workers are on the government authorities, foremost the frontline in the fight against the coron- health ministry, for being on the front- avirus pandemic. HH the Amir made the line in the fight against COVID-19, remarks during a reception of Health which reflected the “high national spir- Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Hmoud Al- it” of the people of this dear country. Sabah, who briefed the Amir about HH the Amir also appreciated the prime health conditions in the country and pre- minister’s cooperation with parliament ventive measures implemented by the members to address all issues concern- health ministry to confront the pandemic. ing citizens. Sheikh Basel also spoke about “dan- The health ministry yesterday reg- gerous developments” of the pandemic, istered 1,017 new COVID-19 cases which requires further efforts to curb over a 24-hour period, raising the its spread with the objective of pre- total number of infections to 180,505, serving the health system in Kuwait. He while five fatalities were recorded, also briefed HH the Amir about the taking the death toll to 1,019. Health KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah presentation he made at the National Ministry Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al- receives Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Hmoud Al-Sabah at Bayan Assembly and the “smooth” vaccina- Sanad said 819 people recovered Palace yesterday. — KUNA tion campaign. from the virus, taking total recoveries HH the Amir reiterated confidence in to 168,420. —KUNA political hack, and if Republican Senators are going Trump urges to stay with him, they will not win again.” The attack came after McConnell said on Saturday that even though he had voted to acquit 334 Indians died Reps to dump Trump at his impeachment trial, the former president was nevertheless “practically and morally responsi- due to COVID-19 McConnell ble” for the Jan 6 storming of the US Capitol. After 50 Democratic senators and seven in Kuwait in 2020 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump urged Republican Republicans voted that Trump was guilty - a major- senators Tuesday to dump Mitch McConnell as ity in the 100-seat Senate, but not the two-thirds By Sajeev K Peter their leader in the Senate following his withering needed for a conviction - McConnell let loose, criticism of the former US president after his excoriating Trump for the attack that saw five peo- KUWAIT: In 2020, 334 Indians died due to impeachment trial. In his most extensive comments ple die and the halls of the US legislature ransacked COVID-19 out of 1,279 deaths of Indians regis- yet on politics since stepping down from power on by his supporters. Donald Trump tered in Kuwait, Indian Ambassador Sibi George Jan 20, Trump also claimed credit for some He called Trump’s actions leading up to the siege, Mitch McConnell told an open house at the Indian Embassy yes- Republican gains in the Nov 3 election and threat- including a White House rally where the then-presi- terday. Addressing community members, he said ened to use his influence against party candidates dent urged followers to descend on Congress, “a Senate aligned with the Republican president, for the embassy registered 572 more death cases in who don’t align with him. disgraceful dereliction of duty”. “These criminals losing party control of the body. He claimed credit 2020 than the 707 cases in 2019. “The Republican Party can never again be were carrying his banners. Hanging his flags. And for McConnell’s own win of another six-year term Deaths due to natural causes also rose to respected or strong with political ‘leaders’ like Sen. screaming their loyalty to him,” McConnell said. representing Kentucky in the Senate, where the 78- 786 in 2020 from 551 in 2019, an increase of Mitch McConnell at its helm,” Trump said in a But Trump blamed the wily veteran lawmaker, year-old has served since 1984. 235. “The situation is not looking very good this statement. “Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling who for four years as majority leader kept the Continued on Page 2 year. In January 2021, we had 101 deaths of Indians registered at the mission, against 55 deaths in January 2020 and 63 deaths in yesterday. Seqenenre Tao II, “the Brave”, reigned January 2019. At the same time, this number is Autopsy offers new over southern Egypt some 1,600 years before smaller than the most difficult months of last Christ. He famously led Egyptian troops against the World’s oldest year, when we lost 288 Indians in July and 172 Hyksos, a dynasty of West Asian origin which had in August,” the ambassador revealed, express- clues 3,600 yrs after taken over the Nile Delta. DNA sequenced ing condolences to the families of the deceased. Seqenenre’s body had been examined by X-ray In the first week of February, the embassy pharaoh’s murder in the 1960s, revealing head wounds adeptly con- issued an advisory to the community in view of cealed by embalmers and giving rise to theories that from mammoths the evolving COVID-19 pandemic situation. CAIRO: A high-tech study has offered new clues he was killed in battle or a palace assassination. But “We have seen that in recent weeks, there has into the killing of a pharaoh who ruled Egypt over after conducting CT scans PARIS: Teeth from mammoths buried in the been a spike in cases. I reiterate to all to adhere three millennia ago, the antiquities ministry said Continued on Page 2 Siberian permafrost for more than a million years to and abide by the regulations and procedures have yielded the world’s oldest DNA ever announced by the government of Kuwait to sequenced, according to a study published yes- combat and limit the spread of the coronavirus terday, shining the genetic searchlight into the as part of our individual and collective respon- deep past. Researchers said the three specimens, sibility to deal with the pandemic,” George said. one roughly 800,000 years old and two over a He said the embassy is ready to provide assis- million years old, provide important insights into tance including meeting the medical expenses the giant Ice Age mammals, including the ancient of all emergency medical cases on a “means heritage of the woolly mammoth. The genomes far exceed the oldest previous- tested basis”. ly sequenced DNA - a horse dating between The ambassador held a meeting with the 780,000 to 560,000 years ago. “This DNA is Indian Community Support Group (ICSG) on incredibly old. The samples are a thousand times Tuesday, where he discussed the next steps in older than Viking remains, and even pre-date the view of the emerging pandemic situation. He existence of humans and Neanderthals,” said said the embassy will continue to provide air Love Dalen, a professor of evolutionary genetics tickets to all deserving cases and make travel at the Centre for Paleogenetics in Stockholm, arrangements to those who need medical senior author of the study published in Nature. escort. As part of India’s evacuation mission The mammoths were originally discovered in ‘Vande Bharat Mission’, over 180,000 Indians the 1970s in Siberia and held at the Russian have travelled back to India from Kuwait. The Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Researchers mission is still operational, he added. first dated the specimens geologically, with Continued on Page 2 CAIRO: A handout picture released yesterday shows a CT scan performed on the mummy of ancient Egyptian King Seqenenre-Taa-II. — AFP Continued on Page 2 2 Established 1961 Thursday, February 18, 2021 Local Amir receives Crown Prince, Speaker, Prime Minister His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Sabah meets Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. — Amiri Diwan photos Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Sabah. His Highness the Amir received National Speaker Ghanem and His Highness Sheikh Saleh. Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and His Sabah Al-Khaled separately. His Highness the Prince received Ghanem, His Highness Sheikh Palace yesterday His Highness the Crown Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- Amir also received Deputy Prime Minister and Sabah Al-Khaled and Saleh yesterday at Bayan Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.