Europe Battles Virus Surge As US Authorizes Second Vaccine Italy Braces for Christmas Lockdown • Countries Tighten Holiday Curbs
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JAMADA ALAWWAL 5, 1442 AH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2020 16 Pages Max 20º Min 10º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18313 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Scammers find innovative Leader of Turkmenistan Struggling Syria farmers Negrao double as Ulsan win 2 ways to con their victims 5 champions herbal defense 8 turn to fern for fodder 16 Asian Champions League Europe battles virus surge as US authorizes second vaccine Italy braces for Christmas lockdown • Countries tighten holiday curbs ROME: Millions of Italians braced for 33-year-old lawyer, told AFP as she Christmas and New Year under tough got off a train in Milan. “I took the test Former US envoy new coronavirus restrictions before leaving, I stayed locked in my announced yesterday as Europe bat- house, I didn’t see anyone. The meas- to Kuwait Howell tled a winter surge in infections and ure is right if everyone respects the Switzerland became the latest country rules and guarantees safety.” to approve a virus vaccine. Europe Europe - the epicenter of the pan- passes away has become the first region in the demic earlier this year - is once again world to pass 500,000 deaths from seeing growing cases with officials KUWAIT: Wilson COVID-19 since the pandemic broke fearing an explosion in infections after Nathaniel “Nat” Howell, out a year ago, killing more than 1.6 the Christmas holidays as families a great champion of US- million worldwide and pitching the gather. England’s chief medical officer Kuwait friendship, global economy into turmoil. Chris Whitty confirmed yesterday that passed away yesterday. Among those testing positive this a new coronavirus strain which sur- Howell served as ambas- week for coronavirus was French faced in the country could spread sador to Kuwait from President Emmanuel Macron, but his faster and called for greater public 1987 to 1991. US office said yesterday his condition vigilance to reduce transmission. WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Ambassador to Kuwait was stable and his examinations were A year after the pandemic first the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Friday. — AFP Alina Romanowski giving reassuring results. Italy became emerged in the Chinese city of offered her deepest con- the latest country to announce a new Wuhan, the rapid rollout of vaccina- approved Pfizer-BioNTech shot, one tion set to start within days. “Those dolences to his family, W Nathaniel Howell regime of restrictions until Jan 6 that tions is now seen as the only effective of several leading candidates. who are particularly vulnerable will noting that during the included limits on people leaving their way to end the pandemic and the Russia and China have also started have priority,” Health Minister Alain 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces, Howell homes more than once a day, closing economically devastating lockdowns giving out jabs with their own domes- Berset said in a video tweet, namely protected many lives. He also wrote an excellent non-essential shops, bars and restau- used to halt its spread. Europe is tically produced vaccines. Swiss reg- the elderly and those with pre-exist- book - ‘Stranger When We Met, A Century of rants and curbs on regional travel. expected to start a massive vaccina- ulators yesterday give the green light ing conditions. The United States on American Community in Kuwait’ - about “It’s right that they prohibit depar- tion campaign after Christmas follow- to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine - the Friday authorized Moderna’s COVID- America’s century-long relationship with Kuwait. tures after 20 December if it means ing the United States and Britain 16th country to do so and the first in 19 vaccine for emergency use, travelling in safety,” Claudia Patrone, a which have begun giving jabs with an continental Europe - with immuniza- Continued on Page 2 Consumption of animals is an environmental Lab-grown meat threat as cattle produce the potent greenhouse gas methane, while logging to create pastures destroys natural barriers against climate change. The compa- India virus cases makes historic ny on Wednesday said it had made its first commer- cial sale of the product to 1880, a restaurant in pass 10m, but Singapore debut Singapore’s Robertson Quay, a posh riverside entertainment center. SINGAPORE: Lab-grown chicken meat made a his- The restaurant began serving the cultured meat infections slowing toric debut at a Singapore restaurant yesterday in a yesterday evening, saying its first diners were stu- culinary first that its creators said could help reduce dents aged 14-18 who had been invited to the launch NEW DELHI: India surged past 10 million the environmental damage involved in human food after showing “a commitment to building a better coronavirus cases yesterday, official data production. US start-up Eat Just said earlier this planet”. The launch, however, was closed to the showed, the second highest in the world, month that its product had been approved for sale in media because of measures against the coronavirus. SINGAPORE: This handout photo shows a nugget although new infection rates appear to have fall- the city-state as an ingredient in chicken nuggets after Entrepreneur Marc Nicholson, who founded 1880, made from lab-grown chicken meat at a restaurant en sharply in recent weeks. The number of cases Singapore became the first country to allow the sale of described serving cultured meat as a “revolutionary yesterday. — AFP increased by just over 25,000 in 24 hours, meat created without slaughtering any animals. Continued on Page 2 according to the health ministry, while the total number of deaths from the virus in India now stands at 145,136. learning for children because of the In September, the vast nation of 1.3 billion Back to school health crisis simply might not work. people had been recording daily new cases of Until now families in Pasadena could almost 100,000 and looked on track to surpass in US as online choose between sending their kids to the United States as the worst-hit country. But school or keeping them home for the outbreak has accelerated in the US and remote learning. Nearly half of the appears to have lost momentum in India, despite learning flunks nearly 50,000 students in the school the country being home to some of the most district, from kindergarten to high crowded cities on the planet. HOUSTON: The coronavirus pan- school, stayed home. But their test The United States, with a population a quar- demic may be raging in the Houston results after the autumn period of ter the size of India’s, has been reporting area, but tens of thousands of stu- school were disappointing - 40 per- upwards of 200,000 new cases daily in recent dents in one district are headed back cent failed at least one subject, com- weeks, 10 times as many as India. India’s fatality to the classroom in January because pared to 18 percent of those who rate is also considerably lower - less than half of poor results while learning from attended class in person. In the 2019- home. The plight of the town of that of the US. 2020 school year, that proportion was BELLAIRE, Texas: A student wearing a facemask walks outside Condit Pasadena is being repeated across Residents in the capital New Delhi told AFP 13 percent for all the district’s students. Elementary School near Houston on Dec 16, 2020. — AFP they were still worried but were more comfort- America, as educators fret that online Continued on Page 2 able than before about leaving their homes. “Obviously the fear levels have come down over time. Initially, it was more scary,” said housewife edly spiked to more than 100, their Huma Zaidi, 46. “But we are still taking precau- Virus curbs highest levels since July. tions like wearing masks when going out and Authorities also vowed to ramp up avoiding social gatherings.” policing of gatherings at private India has lifted restrictions on most activities threaten last properties and on boats, setting up a to boost the struggling economy, although some dedicated hotline for the public to states and territories have re-imposed curbs. “I true HK junk report any breaches. “In the near plucked up my courage and went out for lunch future, it is very difficult for us to stay for the first time in six or eight months,” said HONG KONG: The red sails of the alive,” Charlotte Li, Dukling Limited’s Simpy Dhar, 44, a language instructor. “However, “Dukling” junk boat have glided director of business development, told my fear is not eliminated completely. I know across Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor AFP. The boat requires at least four coronavirus is still out there.” for more than six decades. But the workers to operate on the water but The 10-million mark came as the world’s sec- wooden ship has been docked after two resigned during the pandemic ond-most populous nation gears up for the new measures to stem a fourth wave over slashed wages, leaving the colossal and challenging task of starting to vac- of the coronavirus were introduced Dukling short on numbers. “We have cinate the population next year. The government earlier this month, threatening the to follow and obey the law. But how can we maintain the staff and their aims to inoculate 300 million people initially, city’s last remaining antique junk. HONG KONG: In this picture taken on Nov 27, 2020, a traditional wooden families?” Li said. Continued on Page 2 Strict social distancing rules were tourist junk boat “Dukling” sails in the waters of Victoria Harbor.