FREE Established 1961 Friday ISSUE NO: 18234 SAFAR 1, 1442 AH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 Ice maidens set Human footprints dating back No cheerleaders, no fans: IPL 6 the ice on fire 22 120,000 years found in Saudi 37 pares down glitz in COVID era Bedoon risks Channel ‘death route’ to Britain See Pages 4 & 5 Walid (center), 29, a bedoon from Kuwait, sits in a dinghy with his brother’s family and other migrants as they illegally cross the English Channel from France to Britain on Sept 11, 2020.— AFP 2 Friday Local Friday, September 18, 2020 Photo of the day When can we travel again? KAFFEEKLATSCH By Shakir Reshamwala
[email protected] espite the coronavirus pandemic showing no sign of abating, governments around the world Dare opening up the economy and easing lock- downs. Schools have also opened in some countries. In many nations, this resulted in a renewed surge in COVID-19 cases, prompting authorities to clamp down again. But one sector that is still badly affected is the travel and airline industry. The United Nations said earlier this week the pandemic cost the global tourism sector $460 billion in the first six months of 2020. Airlines have ramped up pressure on the European Union to coordi- nate virus measures, demanding an end to quarantine “chaos” and access to reliable and quick testing. Myriad requirements by different countries has made travelling - if it’s even possible to do so - a headache. Some nations require a PCR test, some mandate com- pulsory quarantine of varying durations, some need A plane leaves contrails in the clear blue sky.