RAJAB 9, 1442 AH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2021 16 Pages Max 21º Min 09º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18366 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Group demands clear plan Set up, demolish, repeat: Israel Ancient Jordan site restoration Osaka dominates Brady 3 to resume classes in Kuwait 5 targets Bedouin tent community 13 brings jobs for locals, refugees 16 to win Australian Open Some arrivals exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine Interior minister urges travelers to abide by new instructions KUWAIT: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Friday that Kuwaiti patients and students, unac- companied under-18-year-old travelers, diplomats and medical staff arriving from coronavirus high-risk coun- tries are exempt from hotel quarantine, provided that they quarantine at home for the entire 14-day period. As of Sunday, Feb 21, arrivals from these countries via direct flights will have to quarantine at a local hotel for 14 days at their own expense, the DGCA said in a press statement. Those arriving from other countries will have to quarantine at a local hotel for only seven days at their own expense and isolate themselves for another seven days at their homes. The DGCA added that all travelers have to register on its Kuwait Mosafer platform. Those who do not register will not be allowed to board the plane, it warned. Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah on Thursday called on travelers to abide by all health and regulatory instructions related to the fight against the coronavirus. The minister also asked all travelers to and from Kuwait to register on the Kuwait Mosafer applica- tion for all health and safety instructions and guidelines, according to a statement by ministry’s department of security media and public relations. Sheikh Thamer said all travelers have to make prior reservations for hotel quarantine and pay for two PCR tests in Kuwait. The minister called on both nationals and residents to be committed to the instructions set by the health authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19. Travelers will be allowed to travel only after registering KUWAIT: The Central Bank building and Souq Sharq are illuminated in the colors of the national flag yesterday as Kuwait prepares to celebrate its 60th on the Kuwait Mosafer app and complete hotel reserva- National Day and 30th Liberation Day. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat tion measures, he stressed. — KUNA for the less well-off. With 45 percent of injections and efficacy and invites donation of vaccine doses News in brief World tops 200m so far among the rich club - which accounts for just from developed economies to low- and middle- 10 percent of the global population - the G7 on income countries and other countries in need.” US reaffirms Saudi partnership Friday said its aid to projects like the World Health Meanwhile Russia pressed ahead with its home- vaccine doses; G7 Organization’s Covax now amount to $7.5 billion. grown vaccination program, saying 120,000 doses RIYADH: Washington has reaffirmed its The increased pledges from the US, Germany, of its third authorized coronavirus vaccine, CoviVac, “strategic defense partnership” with Riyadh in boosts funding France, Britain, Italy, Japan and Canada came as will reach people by March, following in the foot- the face of increased attacks by Yemeni rebels. permanent UN Security Council member Britain steps of the Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona shots. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin condemned PARIS: The number of coronavirus vaccine doses showed a draft resolution to other countries on the The new vaccine, still in final stage clinical trials, the Houthi attacks in a telephone conversation administered worldwide passed 200 million yester- global body, calling for wealthy nations to share was produced by the state-run Chumakov Centre Thursday with his Saudi counterpart, Crown day, an AFP count showed, as wealthy G7 countries doses with poor and war-torn states. Seen by AFP, based in Moscow and employed a different method Prince Mohammed bin Salman. — AFP pledged to more than double aid to support access the text “emphasizes the need for solidarity, equity, Continued on Page 2 Women ‘limit behavior’ “as amicable as a divorce can be”. Kim files Kardashian, 40, is asking for joint VIENNA: A huge majority of young European custody of the couple’s four children, women limit where they go or who they spend it added, with her lawyer Laura time with for fear of assault or harassment, for divorce Wasser reportedly handing in the according to a report published Friday. divorce papers Friday. Kardashian’s “Shockingly, 83 percent of women aged from Kanye publicist confirmed the divorce filing between 16 and 29 limit where they go or who but did not provide further details. they spend time with to protect themselves,” the LOS ANGELES: Reality TV star Kim The pair, who began dating in 2012 report from the Vienna-based Fundamental Kardashian has filed for divorce from and married in a lavish ceremony in Rights Agency said. — AFP rapper Kanye West after almost seven Italy two years later, rapidly became years of marriage, her publicist told one of the world’s most instantly rec- Trump ally violated embargo AFP Friday. The mega-celebrity cou- ognizable couples. ple’s divorce proceedings come just But their union has been dogged weeks after US media reported the for months by reports in the gossip WASHINGTON: Private security contractor pair were living separately and going press that their marriage was on the and ally of former US President Trump Erik rocks as West has battled with mental through counseling dealing with “reg- LOS ANGELES: US media personality Kim Kardashian West and husband US Prince violated a United Nations arms embargo ular relationship issues”. Celebrity health issues and launched an improb- on Libya, UN investigators have found. The con- able and controversial foray into rapper Kanye West attend the WSJ Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards at gossip site TMZ - which broke the MOMA in this Nov 6, 2019 file photo. — AFP fidential report to the Security Council said news Friday -said the separation was Continued on Page 2 Prince deployed a force of foreign mercenaries and weapons to strongman Khalifa Haftar. The accusation exposes Prince to possible UN sanc- themselves plunged into pandemic- tions, including a travel ban. — AFP Food poverty driven poverty. “Finding food here is hard - prices Google fires AI researcher are higher compared to India,” said hits foreign Jay Patel, an Indian student among those waiting outside the Newham SAN FRANCISCO: Google said Friday it fired Community Project, a local charity a lead artificial intelligence ethics researcher, students in UK handing out the foodstuffs. The 19- following controversy last year over the tech LONDON: On a recent rainy evening year-old, who is studying at the giant’s dismissal of a black colleague who was in East London, dozens of young peo- University of Greenwich in southeast an outspoken diversity advocate. “I’m fired,” ple lined up outside a cramped com- London, said he has been unable to Margaret Mitchell announced on Twitter. munity hub to collect rice, vegetables get a part-time job during the health Google told AFP that after reviewing “this man- and other food essentials. In the line crisis and could not ask his family ager’s conduct, we confirmed that there were were foreign students who came to back in India for money. The food multiple violations of our code of conduct, as Britain to pursue their dreams of bank, which conducts the handouts LONDON: An international student leaves after collecting food packages from well as of our security policies.” — AFP higher education, but have found Continued on Page 2 the Newham Community Project food bank on Feb 16, 2021. — AFP 2 Established 1961 Sunday, February 21, 2021 Local Kuwait lists further 862 COVID-19 cases, five deaths Slight drop in number of patients in hospitals, ICUs KUWAIT: Kuwait said 862 people workers conducted 7,601 swab tests acquainted with recommendations rumors. The government had shut tested positive for coronavirus with over the past 24 hours, while the num- and guidelines regarding the virus. down salons, barbershops, gyms and five related deaths reported yester- ber of swabs announced Friday was The slight drop in infected cases massage parlors for a month starting day, taking the total cases and deaths and patients in hospital comes as a from February 7, and ordered com- to 183,322 and 1,039 respectively. The slight relief as authorities mull all sce- mercial shops, restaurants, cafes and health ministry had reported 976 new narios to help curb the spread of the malls to close at 8:00 pm. infections and seven deaths on Friday. 934 novel coronavirus since the recent Meanwhile, the airport prepares Meanwhile, total recoveries rose to spike. The government had Thursday today to welcome flights under strict 171,260 as the ministry announced recoveries quashed rumors that a decision to regulations, which includes a manda- 934 new recoveries yesterday and impose a lockdown to contain the tory quarantine in a local hotel for 14 920 on Friday. in 24 hours spread of the coronavirus pandemic. days for arrivals from high-risk coun- The number of people hospitalized “No decision has been issued to tries through direct flights, and seven with the virus stood yesterday at impose a partial or total lockdown. days in a hotel for arrivals from non- 11,023, with 146 of them in intensive However, all options to face the con- high-risk countries, followed by a sev- care units (ICU), according to min- 10,016, bringing the total to 1,725,698. sequences of the COVID-19 are on en-day home quarantine period.