Kuwait Reports 13 Deaths, 1,127 New Cases in 2 Days
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SAFAR 24, 1442 AH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2020 16 Pages Max 36º Min 22º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18254 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Amir congratulated for selecting North Korea unveils giant Iranian maestro Shajarian Heat edge Lakers in thriller 3 Sheikh Mishal as Crown Prince 5 ICBMs at military parade 12 laid to rest beside epic poet 16 to keep title dream alive Kuwait reports 13 deaths, 1,127 new cases in 2 days 139 patients in ICU as govt mulls measures to curb COVID-19 KUWAIT: Kuwait reported 13 deaths from COVID- health ministry data showed. In terms of health to 102,722 recoveries. Kuwait reported seven Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said during 19 in the past two days, while the number of patients zones, Ahmadi governorate recorded 134 cases, COVID-19 deaths and 635 new infections on Friday, Thursday’s National Assembly session. “The death in intensive care units rose by 14 in the past 24 followed by 110 in Farwaniya, 97 in Hawally, 87 in with a total of 125 patients in ICUs. Sanad urged the rate has increased and so has the number of admis- hours. The spike in deaths comes as speculation the Capital and 64 in Jahra, ministry spokesman Dr public to be mindful of health precautions, asserting sions into intensive care units and occupancy of continues to grow whether the government will rein- Abdullah Al-Sanad revealed. that following social distancing was the only way to hospital beds,” he noted. troduce lockdowns or other measures to curb the The number of people hospitalized with the virus halt the spread of the virus. The premier said these indicators are alarming spread of the deadly disease. stands at 7,191, of whom 139 are in intensive care The government had warned that recent indica- and warned that the government will implement nec- The number of confirmed coronavirus infections units, said Sanad. He added 2,805 swab tests were tors from the spread of the coronavirus in the coun- essary health measures to contain the spread of the in Kuwait rose by 492 yesterday to take the total conducted in the past day, taking the total to try are alarming. “What we have witnessed in the pandemic. He however did not elaborate on the type to 110,568, while a sixfold increase in fatalities 779,538 tests so far, while 698 people recovered past few days of not applying health guidelines of measures the government might take. Kuwait had upped the death toll from the outbreak to 655, from the virus in the last 24 hours to raise the total strictly is alarming,” HH the Prime Minister Sheikh lifted a five-month-long curfew on Aug 30, 2020. News in brief Shaky Karabakh Tehran to impose fines truce marred by TEHRAN: Iran is to start imposing fines for breaches of health regulations in the capital, fresh violations President Hassan Rouhani announced yesterday, after daily coronavirus infections hit a record STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan: Armenia and high. The police, the Basij paramilitary force and Azerbaijan traded accusations of new attacks yes- health inspectors will have powers to impose terday in breach of a ceasefire deal to end nearly the fines, and offenders will have two weeks to two weeks of heavy fighting over the disputed make payment into a health ministry account, Nagorno-Karabakh region. The two sides agreed to Rouhani said. Breaches punishable by a fine implement the ceasefire from noon (0800 GMT) include refusal to quarantine while sick and fail- yesterday, after 11 hours of talks in Moscow, but it ure to wear a mask in a public space or require took only minutes after the deadline for their forces a customer to do so. — AFP to claim new attacks. An ethnic Armenian enclave of Azerbaijan, Karabakh broke from the country’s control in a war in the 1990s that killed some 30,000 people. Its Toddler’s murder sparks outrage separatist government is strongly backed by Armenia, which like Azerbaijan gained independ- PESHAWAR: Police in northwest Pakistan have ence with the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, and made a string of arrests as they search for the Baku accuses Yerevan of occupying the region. killer of a two-year-old girl whose rape and The heaviest clashes since the war erupted on murder have drawn comparisons to an infamous Sept 27, with more than 450 people reported dead, TERTER: Yasin Budakov, 40, holds a kitten he found in his damaged flat as residents return to their homes 2018 killing that sparked riots. The girl, Zainab, Continued on Page 2 following a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan yesterday. — AFP disappeared Tuesday while playing outside her village home in Charsadda district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Her body was discov- tective equipment for nurses and other health distress and mental health pressure,” he said. ered a day later, prompting a large-scale man- Nurses in COVID workers in some care homes remain insufficient, it The figure was based on responses from hunt that by yesterday had led to the arrests of said, marking World Mental Health Day yesterday. roughly a quarter of its national nurses’ associa- at least 17 men. Additionally, police took DNA “We are extremely concerned about the mental tions in more than 130 countries. Nurses face a samples from about 400 people. — AFP fight face mental health impact on nurses,” Howard Catton, a British broad spectrum of issues that affect their mental nurse who is the ICN’s chief executive, told health, including physical and verbal abuse, health pressures Reuters Television at the association’s headquar- Catton said. “There are nurses who have been WFP hails Peace Nobel ters in Geneva. “Our most recent survey of nation- subject to discrimination, where their landlord has GENEVA: Many nurses caring for COVID-19 al nurses’ associations shows that more than 70 not renewed their lease for their apartment, or GENEVA: The UN World Food Program, which patients are suffering burnout or psychological percent of them (the associations) were saying they can’t get child care for their children,” he has coordinated medical logistics during the distress, and many have faced abuse or discrimi- that nurses have been subject to violence or dis- said, without giving specifics of physical or verbal coronavirus pandemic, won the Nobel Peace nation outside of work, the International Council crimination and as a result of that they are very abuse. Prize on Friday in what its boss said was a call of Nurses (ICN) said. Supplies of personal pro- concerned about extreme cases of psychological Continued on Page 2 to action that no one should go hungry with the wealth in the world today. The head of the awards committee called the WFP a driving saying Thursday’s debate is scrapped, force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a Trump restarts leaving an Oct 22 event the final weapon of war and conflict, and said the Trump-Biden showdown before elec- COVID-19 pandemic, which the WFP says campaigning, tion day on Nov 3. could double hunger worldwide, had made it That prompted accusations of bias even more relevant. — Reuters from Trump campaign communica- debate axed tions director Tim Murtaugh, who said “there is no medical reason to stop” Pakistan bans TikTok WASHINGTON: US President the Oct 15 debate from proceeding. Donald Trump was to give a public Knocked off the campaign trail by his ISLAMABAD: Pakistan speech at the White House yesterday three-night hospitalization last week, on Friday banned the for the first time since testing positive the president is in the midst of a fre- wildly popular video for COVID-19, as he prepares a rapid netic bid to catch Biden. On Friday, sharing app TikTok, as return to the campaign trail just three during an extended media blitz, Trump authorities press their weeks before the election. The 74- falsely claimed that COVID-19 now clampdown on “immoral” year-old commander-in-chief has also has a cure. content. The Pakistan announced a Florida rally tomorrow in He also revealed that he’d been told an attempt to relaunch his stumbling he was near death at the worst of his Telecommunication reelection campaign against surging bout with the virus, which has killed Authority (PTA) said Democratic rival Joe Biden, who called more than 213,000 Americans and TikTok had failed to adhere to two warnings, the president’s behavior “reckless”. severely dented his chances of win- which had demanded it block “immoral, obscene Seeking to project strength and ning a second term. Tomorrow, Trump and vulgar” content. Earlier last week, Pakistani improved health, Trump had refused will take another major step by hold- TikToker Jannat Mirza became the first in the to participate in this week’s scheduled ing a rally in a crucial battleground country to reach 10 million followers, with lip- debate after organizers shifted it to an state. “Will be in Sanford, Florida on syncing and slow motion clips among her online format out of coronavirus con- Monday for a very BIG RALLY!” LAS VEGAS: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden poses with supporters content.— AFP (See Page 7) cerns. On Friday the Commission on Trump tweeted. after speaking at the East Las Vegas Community Center about the effects of Presidential Debates made it official, Continued on Page 2 COVID-19 on Latinos on Friday. — AFP 2 Established 1961 Sunday, October 11, 2020 Local Kuwait calls for international cooperation to fight coronavirus Kuwait urges greater international efforts to eliminate terror NEW YORK: (From left) Kuwait’s First Secretary to the UN Abdullah Al-Sharrah, Second Secretary Bashar Al-Muwazri and Third Secretary Saba Al-Fuheid speak during the UN General Assembly sessions.