paralympics THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 16 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com Page 9 markets THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 / MUHARRAM 18, 1443 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17773 16 PAGES 150 FILS STUDY SHOWS VACCINE PROTECTION WANES AFTER 2ND JAB Community COVID immunity in reach Europe likely to ‘green list’ Kuwait Opinion UNSC focus on KUWAIT CITY, Aug 25, (Agencies): Kuwait’s Kuwait missing Health Minister Sheikh Dr. Bassel Al-Sabah’s an- nouncement that 70 percent of population have NEW YORK, Aug 25, (KUNA): Afghanistan The United Nations Security Coun- been vaccinated disseminated optimism nation- cil (UNSC) on Wednesday was set wide that community immunity was within reach. to discuss missing Kuwaiti POWs The announcement came after almost two years of strict mea- ‘sea of fi re’ and possessions in Iraq alongside sures triggered by the coro- preparations for Iraq’s upcoming navirus pandemic, including legislative elections. lockdowns and partial cur- By Ahmed Al-Jarallah The UN special envoy for Iraq fews. Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert was Kuwait was fully mobilized set to brief the UNSC members on FOLLOWING the conquest of to control spread of the virus Khurasan (present-day Afghani- the latest developments relating to and began vaccination campaign stan) by Muslims in the year 624 the fate of the missing Kuwaitis, eight months ago with the ulti- AD, Caliphate Omar Ibn Al-Khat- other nationals and the Kuwaiti mate aim of reaching community tab (May Allah be pleased with properties including the national immunity. Indeed more than 2.6 him) had said, “I wish I had not archives. million people were vaccinated sent an army to Khurasan. I wish In accordance with the 31st report so far. that there was a sea of fire between issued on July 28 on this issue, Ku- His Highness the Prime Min- us and that country”. wait’s Foreign Ministry announced ister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al- Muslims had a hard time in last month the identification of the Hamad Al-Sabah launched the Khurasan. Despite the conversion vaccination campaign with a remains of ten other persons by us- Pfizer-BionTech shot and had of its people to Islam, the condi- ing DNA analysis and informing tions of the country did not sta- recently announced success of their relatives about them. campaign, paving way for full re- bilize. As soon as a crisis ended, However, the report said that another one that is more complex In this image provided by the turn of employees to workplace there were no key developments on in person. would emerge. US Army, Afghan evacuees returning Kuwait’s properties dur- walk toward a medical screen- “We are on the right track to Throughout history, this region, ing the period included in the report ing station at Camp Buehring, achieve community immunity,” which some geographers refer as between April and July. Kuwait, Aug 23. (AP) Ministry of Health spokesman the “Asian Roundabout” due to Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said and the fact that it represents a strate- expressed gratitude for health gic knot in the ancient Silk Road, care workers for their fight has always ended in isolation. In against the virus. many cases, its people are left to Day by Day Newswatch He also commended citizens fight each other, while armies and expatriates for registering to stand on the border watching the get the vaccine. situation without interfering. YOUR Highness, the Prime Minis- ALGIERS: Algeria formally Dr. Khaled Al-Saeed, member The scene currently appears ter, the citizen is still suffering from broke off diplomatic relations of COVId-19 vaccine committee, similar to what Caliph Omar Ibn the damage caused by the ‘plat- with neighboring Morocco on said the inoculation has paved Al-Khattab had said, as most of forms’ invented by the Ministry of Tuesday, with the foreign minis- Health, the Minister of Health, every- way to community immunity the neighboring countries, and ter citing a series of alleged hos- which would eventually eased even those far from it, are wishing one responsible for combating the tile acts. Covid-19 pandemic, including you. strain on health system in case of for a sea of fire separating them The move culminates a period future waves of the pandemic. from this country. Afghanistan has Your Highness, you are to be of growing tension between the fallen again into the trap of tribal blamed for allowing this to hap- North African countries which Contributed pen, and the Council of Ministers are mired in a decades-long feud, conflict, the sparks of which have for adopting applications that The vaccination, he added, begun to emanate from the ashes with their borders closed to each harm the people. other. There was no immediate contributed to a drop in num- of the Pashtun-majority Taliban’s Your Highness, the citizen must reaction from Morocco. ber of patients in hospitals and control of the country, while other be compensated for the losses he/ “Algeria has decided to break deaths. It also encouraged the minorities are preparing to resist. she has incurred, and you are re- diplomatic relations with Moroc- ministry to introduce a third shot Based on this fact, the world quired to apologize to those affected. co starting today,” Foreign Min- of the vaccine “for critical cases.” views with suspicion the assur- In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, families board a US Air Force Boe- ... Yet, tomorrow is another day. ister Ramtane Lamamra said at Maryam Abdurrahman, direc- ances given by the leaders of this ing C-17 Globemaster III during ongoing evacuations at Hamid Karzai International Zahed Matar a news conference, in which he tor of nutrition department at Ku- extremist movement regarding Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug 24. (AP) read a statement from the presi- wait Cancer Center, described the good neighborly relations and the dent. 70-percent vaccination threshold protection of other minorities. The Poles halt Afghan airlift The announcement comes near- as “a great breakthrough.” international community is wor- ly a week after President Abdelm- She said the pandemic affect- ried about the return of Kabul as adjid Tebboune told a meeting of ed the psychological, social and an incubator of terrorist move- Algeria’s High Security Council health behavior, and the acceler- ments, most of which have been that “incessant hostile acts per- ation of vaccination would have neutralized, many of their leaders Biden fury over lawmakers’ Kabul trip petrated by Morocco have meant positive impacts among people have been eliminated, and their the need for a revision in relations between the two countries and the with low immunity. sources of funding have dried up. WASHINGTON, Aug 25, (AP): Two members intensifi cation of security checks” Eman Ahmad, a mother of an There is no doubt that any depar- of Congress flew unannounced into Kabul airport at the western borders with Mo- autistic boy, said her child could ture from the system, which was in the middle of the chaotic evacuation stunning rocco, the offi cial APS news now enjoy his time outdoors in established after September 11, State Department and U.S. military personnel Other Voices agency reported. (AP) order to live a normal life. 2001 and lasted for 20 years, will who had to divert resources to provide security ❑ ❑ ❑ Amal Abdullah, member of be confronted with a much greater and information to the lawmakers, U.S. officials Kuwait Writers Association, force than before. It will make JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime said acceleration of vaccinations said. Minister Naftali Bennett de- Afghanistan a country that would Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Rep. Peter encouraged the association to or- be under political and economic Arrest Warrant ... Bye bye parted Tuesday for his fi rst state ganize a book fair, the first since Meijer, R-Mich., flew in and out on charter air- visit overseas since taking offi ce, quarantine, unable to harmonize craft and were on the ground at the Kabul air- outbreak of the pandemic. between the daily requirements of a two-day trip to Washington to A UK study revealed Wednes- port for several hours Tuesday. That led officials By Ali Ahmed Al-Baghli look into the defendant’s procrasti- meet with President Joe Biden its people and the sponsoring and to complain that they could be taking seats that Former Minister of Oil nation in implementing a judgment and discuss regional rival Iran. day that it recorded a decline in supporting of terrorism. would have otherwise gone to other Americans or without any justification other than The newly minted prime min- the effectiveness of COVID-19 Perhaps, Afghanistan is bound Afghans fleeing the country, but the congressmen OUR rational government and the obstinacy despite his ability to imple- ister’s visit to Washington will vaccines after only two months to return to the unknowns of his- said in a joint statement that they made sure to National Assembly of “Musical ment it. come in the midst of heightened of taking two jabs. tory and the ideology of obscuran- leave on a flight with empty seats. Chairs” are standing idle and watch- The judge then gives the defendant tensions between Israel and its The data from the ZOE CO- tism that prevailed between 1996 “As Members of Congress, we have a duty to ing most of the billionaire scourge of a choice between implementing the regional arch-enemy, Iran. Israel VID Study, in cooperation with and 2001, a behavior that Islam provide oversight on the executive branch,’” the the corruption that we face and hear judgment voluntarily or threatening is also grappling with a gradual King’s College London, con- did not approve in wars and con- two said in their statement.