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basketball THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Pages 15 & 16 Page 15 ice hockey Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2021 / SHABAAN 1, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17636 16 PAGES 150 FILS CHICKEN CULL AFTER BIRD FLU FIND ON 2 FARMS No shortage of ‘foodstock’ By Najeh Bilal and Abdel Nasser Al-Aslami Al-Seyassah Staff and Agencies No residency renewal to KUWAIT CITY, March 13: In a move to contain the spread of bird flu, the Kuwait Municipality and Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) have culled 98,000 chick- ens infected with the disease, after the cases were discovered on two farms in Al-Wafra and Al-Abdali. This was done upon instructions of the Minister of State for Mu- nicipal Affairs, the Minister of State for Housing Affairs, Shaya non-vaccinated after Sept Al-Shaya, and the Director General of the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources Sheikh Muhammad Al-Yusef un- der the supervision of the Deputy Director of Livestock Affairs, Mishaal Al-Qurayfah. After monitoring the poultry farms 24/7 hours 98,000 birds were culled from two farms. Vaccines okay He added, the Kuwait Municipality and the ministries of Com- merce and Health called the bird flu a natural phenomenon that affects poultry, especially during the onset of summer according By Khaled Al-Hajri to the specialists in the concerned authorities, but the temperature Al-Seyassah Staff gradually eliminates the viruses found near the these farms. PAAAFR confirmed that there is no shortage of food stocks or the KUWAIT CITY, white meat such as poultry, as the percentage of surplus is 118 percent, pointing out that the stock is sufficient to last more than six months. March 13: The Cabi- He pointed out Kuwait is very superior in terms of hens laying net is looking into is- chicken and covers a high percentage of the local market, not less suing a set of key deci- than 90%, pointing out that the high air temperature in Kuwait in summer and cold in winter makes the owners of farms export their sions during a meeting products to Iraq, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. scheduled to be held PAAAFR announced the concerned authorities are monitoring this week in the context the spread of bird flu in all poultry farms in the country, stressing that all veterinary health measures are followed in this regard, and of the precautionary the application of the emergency plan to combat any case of the measures implemented spread of bird flu. Abdullah Behbehani, a preventive health doctor, to curb the spread of told Kuwaiti media that it is very difficult for birds to transmit the virus in humans, except in a very few cases. According to infec- the COVID-19 virus in tions recorded globally, only humans that were in direct contact the country, especially with the bird contracted the virus, Behbehani added. with the continuous in- He indicated that the diseases affect all kinds of birds and that the H5N1 virus is the most common type of the disease. crease in the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths. Meanwhile, a ministerial Opinion source revealed that the Cabi- net is studying the possibil- ity of reducing the number of hours of the curfew from 12 hours to only 10 or even nine Tehran happy on hours, such that the curfew would start at 7:00 pm or 8:00 pm and end at 5:00 am the next day. the ‘wrong side’ Despite affirming that there is no intention to issue any de- cisions to disrupt the current By Ahmed Al-Jarallah curfew, which is due to end on Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times April 8, the source alluded to the possibility of extending it THE leaders of Tehran are under the illusion that the for another month beyond the multiple stances that it shrouds itself with every day and month of Ramadan. through the media would plunge the international com- Restrictions munity into fear. In reality, this represents nothing but the gibberish tongue that this regime has been blessed with. In order to ease the restric- This regime has transcended all limits of crimes against tions, the source highlighted humanity – both internally and externally – and practices a recommendation to allow the most extreme forms of oppression and abuses against citizens and residents to ex- its citizens. It has taken up terrorism and aggression as its ercise inside their residential motto to impose itself on the world. areas during the curfew hours, To be frank, the more this regime gets entangled in cri- by setting an hour or more for ses, the more confused it becomes, let alone getting closer that purpose, while adhering to to its fall, especially at a time when the official govern- health requirements and ensur- ment spokesperson Ali Rabiei urges the American admin- ing there would be no gather- istration to return to the nuclear agreement for his country ings. without preconditions, and not to put obstacles in the dip- He also indicated the pos- lomatic path. sibility of issuing a decision to According to the diplomatic custom, the phrase “with- allow restaurants and stores to out preconditions” means to set preconditions. carry out home deliveries dur- While on one hand Rouhani and Zarif talk about dia- ing the curfew hours in the last logue and cooperation between Iran and the neighboring two weeks of the decision, with countries, the Revolutionary Guard on the other hand the requirement for the delivery continues to practice aggression against the Gulf states. workers to undergo new PCR Even though Ali Khamenei is forbidden to possess nuclear tests. weapons, he publishes a tweet that bears an affirmation of his country’s endeavor to possess this type of weapon. Concerning vaccines and According to his tweet, if the Islamic Republic of Iran vaccinations, the source re- decides to get access to a nuclear weapon, neither he (here vealed that the vaccination of he means the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu) nor any- expatriates will start from June one greater than him can prevent them from doing so. and will extend over a period of Over the last four decades, Iran has proven its arrogance three months. and unwillingness to leave open any channels of dialogue He stressed that, after the with the international community. This has rendered it iso- deadline in September, renew- lated. Even the countries that still maintain relations with ing the residency of any expatri- it exercise cautious diplomacy because it is well aware that ate will not be allowed unless he the Mullahs would murder and then attend the funeral of Photo by Rezk Taufi q has obtained the necessary vac- its victim. The Japanese flag displayed on the Kuwait Towers to celebrate Kuwait-Japan ties. cination. There is ample evidence in this regard, such as its ag- This comes at a time when gression against Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the circle of countries that have Bahrain, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, France, and most recently decided to stop using the Astra- Belgium, where it planted terrorists in the capacity of dip- MPs to boycott oath-taking Newswatch Zeneca-Oxford vaccine against lomats seeking to commit criminal acts against Iranian COVID-19 expands, with Den- dissidents. mark recently joining South Af- Because of such hostile demenour, the international over Prosecution’s referral rica, Austria, and Switzerland in community cannot trust those who consider wars, murder KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Ministry of Health said Friday this decision. and terrorism as the only means to be universally accepted. By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah from the politi- 1,356 people tested positive for the coronavirus while However, the Ministry of Iran is missing out the fact that those who practiced all eight persons died of the virus in the past 24 hours. Arab Times Staff cal arena. Health affirmed that it will con- these deplorable acts went to the dustbin of history. Start- The new cases increased the number of registered tinue to administer this vaccine ing with Nero and not ending with Saddam Hussein, and Constitutional expert Dr Muham- mad Al-Muqatei said the decision infections to 207,249 and deaths topped 1,156, MoH as part of the COVID-19 vacci- before him Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and others who de- KUWAIT CITY, March 13: The de- spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA. stroyed their countries and put their people in miseries. cision of Interior Minister Sheikh of the interior minister has malicious nation campaign. intent, considering the press confer- He said 195 patients were at the intensive care units, Indeed, there are other countries that have gone to disinte- Thamer Ali Al-Sabah to refer those while 14,676 people were receiving medical care. It insisted that no cases of gration, such as the Soviet Union. who participated in the press confer- ence was held after obtaining the ap- Al-Sanad said health care workers conducted 7,807 blood clots or other such side All the reports issued by the observers of the Interna- ence held recently in the house of MP proval of the minister. He expects the swab tests in the past 24 hours to reach a total of 1,893,772. effects were detected or deaths tional Atomic Energy Agency have proven that Tehran Badr Al-Dahoum to the Public Pros- prosecution to dismiss or withhold He said infections-to-tests ratio was 17.4 percent. were recorded among all who continues to increase the level of uranium enrichment to ecution continue to draw parliamentary the case, adding the decision could He called on the public anew to abide by health regula- received the AstraZeneca-Ox- levels much higher than what was approved in the nuclear reactions, especially after the spread of be used as basis for filing a complaint tions like wearing masks and maintaining physical dis- ford vaccine in the country.