Vaccinated Expats Allowed to Return US in COVID Pill Play
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markets THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 9 Page 15 baseball Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 18-19, 2021 / ZUL-QAADAH 8-9, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17717 16 PAGES 150 FILS Vaccinated expats allowed to return US in COVID pill play KUWAIT CITY, June 17, (Agencies): During its meeting today, the Cabinet accepted a rec- ommendation to allow vaccinated expats to return to Kuwait. The government spokes- man, Tariq Al-Maz- ram, announced that from 1st August on- ward vaccinated expats with valid residence will be allowed to en- PM Diwan’s photo ter Kuwait. Only those HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad who have received Al-Sabah. Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson will be allowed to enter. Day by Day Expats entering Kuwait will have to stay in home quaran- THE Arabs call the era during tine for a period of 7 days, if which the affairs of the nation PCR test result is negative the are decided by masses and quarantine period ends. ignorant leaders as ‘the era Expats who have received the of fools’. Today, we say the specified vaccines in Kuwait will same thing, but unfortunately be able to travel abroad and re- many do not understand the turn according to health require- ‘precious meaning’ of this say- ments. Non-Vaccinated Kuwaiti ing. citizens will be prevented from The early Arabs were pre- traveling with the exception of: cise in describing every mo- 1. Age group who are not sub- ment and every phenomenon. jected to vaccination Many of the early descriptions are very much true about the Jewish ultranationalists wave Israeli flags during the ‘Flags March,’ next to Damascus gate, outside Jerusalem’s Old City, June 15. Inset: Palestinian Batoul Shamsa, 2. Citizens for health reasons present day era (time and 10, cries during the funeral of her brother Ahmad Shamsa, 15, in the West Bank village of Beta, near Nablus, June 17. The Palestinian health ministry said Thursday who are not being vaccinated place) because the present is that Shamsa who was shot by Israeli troops in the West Bank a day earlier died of his injuries. (AP) 3. Pregnant women who have more often than not an exten- obtained certificate from the sion of the past. God watches health ministry. over all His creations. Healthcare ... exemptions Those who are not vaccinated ... Yet, tomorrow is another with approved vaccines will not day. Opinion be allowed to enter malls, restau- Zahed Matar rants, salons and major complex- es. The ban on non-vaccinated people applies to areas of mall riousness of this epidemic and MPs pose on over-60’s which is more than 6000 sq me- the need for cooperation among ters. Malls will continue to shut all to confront it and prevent its Housing ... Crisis by 8 pm until further notice. spread. In this regard, the Coun- By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh number of cases in which the cil of Ministers expressed its Arab Times Staff ministry lost. Resumption deep thanks and appreciation generating crisis MP Marzouq Al-Khalifa for- Meanwhile, Kuwait Airways for the tireless efforts made by KUWAIT CITY, June 17: MP warded queries to Minister of Newswatch announced resumption of its the members of the Ministerial Abdullah Al-Turaiji has submit- Commerce and Industry Abdul- commercial flights to and from Committee for Corona Emergen- By Ahmed Al-Jarallah ted a proposal to revise the deci- lah Essa Al-Salman about Ku- cies headed by the Deputy Prime Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times London with one flight per week. sion of the Public Authority for wait Investment Authority. He In a press statement, Acting CEO Minister And Defense Minister Manpower (PAM) on the non- asked if the authority evalu- WASHINGTON: The Dem- Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali ALL that was left in the series of crises that the country is ocratic-led House, with the of Kuwait Airway Essa Al-Had- suffering from is the sit-in organized by people of Mutla renewal of the residency permits ated the site occupied by Agil- dad said the capacity of today’s Al-Sabah, in order to study all of expatriates who are above 60 backing of President Joe area in demand for the issuance of construction permits ity Company according to the Biden, passed legislation flight was full, noting that Lon- topics related to the govern- for the plots they obtained years ago. This would have years old and holding a second- evaluation decision issued on Thursday to repeal the 2002 don is a very important destina- ment’s efforts to confront the completed the picture of the state’s failure to implement ary stage certificate or lower. Feb 18, 2021. He wants to know authorization for use of mili- tion, especially for students and Corona pandemic, and the Cabi- its policy, as if there was a virus moving between its in- He suggested classifying these if the director of the authority tary force in Iraq, a step sup- patients. Furthermore, London is net praised the tremendous ef- stitutions and incapacitating them while no one hears the expatriates in order to exempt carried out the directives of for- porters said was necessary for one of the most preferred touris- forts and great sacrifices made voices of protest or sees the suffering of the people. those born in Kuwait and those mer Minister of Commerce and Congress to reassert its con- tic destinations by Kuwaiti citi- by all leaders and workers in all This sit-in is a clear expression of the complexities of married to Kuwaiti women from Industry Faisal Al-Medlej to stitutional duty to weigh in on zens and resuming flights is an sectors of the concerned authori- the decades-long crisis. Here I am referring to the hous- the new regulations. rent alternative shops and flats matters of war while detrac- important step to get back to nor- ties, especially the Ministry of ing issue, which has become a social balk, and has even He also suggested obligating for the citizens renting from tors worried that it would em- mal commercial operation after Health, led by Sheikh Dr. Basil extended to clinical death. expatriates who are above 60 Agility who suffered damages bolden militia or terror groups the forced halt due to COVID-19, Hammoud Al-Sabah, in facing In 1963, the state developed a housing policy but in- years old and hold secondary because of the evacuation deci- operating in the region. Al-Haddad noted. He stressed this crisis. stead of developing it in the proper scientific manner, it stage certificates or lower to sign sion or not. If yes, the lawmaker The repeal legislation was Kuwait, meanwhile, said 1,646 deliberately distorted it under the pressure of MPs and in- passed overwhelmingly by a that Kuwait Airways crew is a commitment not to seek medi- demanded for copies of the new working within the framework of people tested positive for corona- fluential people, and this made matters worse with every cal care in public hospitals or pay rent contracts. vote of 268-161. Forty-nine virus while five related deaths application for housing care. Republicans voted for the regulations by health authorities the fees imposed on visit visa MP Osama Al-Shaheen re- in the country, including regular were reported on Thursday, tak- In the beginning, the government house was considered holders and those without health bill. Only one Democrat, Rep. ceived answers to queries he Elaine Luria of Virginia, vot- fumigation of planes after each ing the total up to 334,216 and as a paradise for its residents, but with the wrong modifi- insurance. 1,842, respectively, according to cations, this policy has turned into a source of enrichment, forwarded to Minister of Public ed against it. (AP) flight, mask-wearing and social- He recommended conducting Works and Minister of State for ❑ ❑ ❑ distancing routines. the health ministry. especially when the citizens were allowed to build accord- a study on the consequences of ing to how they desired, and not as required in terms of Communication and Informa- The Cabinet held the extraor- Another 1,427 people were environment and urbanization. the decision not to renew the res- tion Technology Affairs Rana WASHINGTON: The Supreme dinary meeting at Seif Palace cured of the virus, raising the idency permits of these expatri- Al-Fares. Court dismissed a major chal- headed by His Highness Sheikh total of those to have overcome Since then, housing care application requests began lenge to the Obama era health to pile up, rendering the waiting period to reach 20 to 25 ates during the first six months of In her reply, Al-Fares said the Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- the disease to 315,645, ministry its implementation, considering first phase of supplying fiber op- care law on Thursday, turning Sabah, the Prime Minister. Af- spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al- years. As of March 2021, the number of requests reached aside an effort by Republican- 92,805 due to a defect in the process of providing land be- the effect of the decision on the tic service in Salwa and Rumaiti- ter the meeting, the Minister Sanad told a press conference. labor market and prices of some ya is ongoing. She added that the led states to throw out the law The number of people hospi- cause a very large percentage of it is owned by the Kuwait that provides insurance cover- of Health, Minister of Foreign Petroleum Corporation, which does not grant it until after technical services.