SAFAR 19, 1442 AH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020 16 Pages Max 40º Min 22º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18250 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Industrial Shuwaikh Egypt town fears worst for Private pools, fancy meals in Liverpool, Manchester Utd lick 4 engulfed in darkness 5 men lost en route to Europe 13 Thailand’s luxury quarantine 15 wounds after humbling defeats Amir extends gratitude over condolences for late Amir Sheikh Nawaf thanks leaders, sheikhs, editors-in-chief, nationals, expats KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al- include National Assembly Speaker Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday Marzouq Al-Ghanem, Kuwait National expressed appreciation and gratitude to Guard Commander HH Sheikh Salem Al-Ali world leaders, including of Gulf Cooperation Al-Sabah, KNG Deputy Commander Sheikh Council and Arab states, along with heads of Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH regional and international organizations for Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad their heartfelt condolences extended to Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH Sheikh Jaber Al- Kuwait by letter or through attendance on Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and HH the the demise of HH the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Hamad Al-Sabah, along with sheikhs, minis- HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf also ters and lawmakers. expressed appreciation and gratitude to The international organizations men- senior officials, sheikhs, nationals and expa- tioned include the United Nations, Arab triates for their heartfelt condolences League, Organization of the Islamic extended through various means of commu- Conference, Gulf Cooperation Council, nication over the demise of HH the late Amir NATO, World Health Organization, FAO, Sheikh Sabah. Gratitude was also extended UNICEF, UNRWA and UNDP. Heads of to local newspaper editors-in-chief, local agencies operating under the umbrellas of official and private media bodies, NGOs and the UN and Arab League and heads of KUWAIT: The headstone of the grave of HH the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad charity organizations. international charity bodies and NGOs were HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is seen at Sulaibikhat Cemetery. The officials and sheikhs mentioned included in his praise. — KUNA Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Hepatitis C infections globally, caus- News in brief Trio win Nobel ing around 400,000 deaths each year. It is characterized by poor appetite, Oman reinstates envoy in Syria vomiting, fatigue and jaundice. Thanks for discovery to the trio’s discoveries, highly sensi- DUBAI: Oman has sent an ambassador to Syria, tive blood tests for the virus are now becoming the first Gulf Arab state to do so after of Hepatitis C available and these have “essentially they downgraded or shut missions in Damascus eliminated post-transfusion hepatitis in 2012 over attacks by the government there on STOCKHOLM: Americans Harvey in many parts of the world, greatly protests at the start of what turned into a war. Alter and Charles Rice together with improving global health”, the Nobel Syria’s foreign minister on Sunday accepted the Briton Michael Houghton won the committee said. credentials of Oman’s Ambassador Turki bin Nobel Medicine Prize yesterday for Their discoveries allowed the rapid Mahmood Al-Busaidy, appointed to the post in the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus, development of antiviral drugs direct- a royal decree in March, state news agency paving the way for a cure, the Nobel ed at Hepatitis C. “For the first time in ONA said. — AFP jury said. The three were honored for history, the disease can now be cured, their “decisive contribution to the fight raising hopes of eradicating Hepatitis against blood-borne hepatitis, a major C virus from the world population,” UAE granting some work permits global health problem that causes cir- the jury said. Alter, 85, told Swedish rhosis and liver cancer in people Radio he was stunned to receive an STOCKHOLM: A screen displays the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has resumed around the world,” the jury said. early-morning call from the commit- Physiology or Medicine (from left) American Harvey Alter, Briton Michael granting work permits for foreigners employed The World Health Organization tee, saying it was “mind- boggling”. Houghton and American Charles Rice during a press conference at the by government and semi-government entities as estimates there are around 70 million Continued on Page 2 Karolinska Institute yesterday. — AFP well as entry permits for domestic workers, the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority said in a Twitter post end of muddled messaging from his yesterday. The UAE had in March suspended Outrage after doctors. the issuance of all types of labor permits as part The last-minute limousine outing of measures to contain the spread of the novel came with Trump’s doctors satisfied coronavirus. — Reuters Trump visits enough about his progress to suggest the possibility of his being discharged supporters yesterday. But experts complained Record 235 Iran virus deaths that the outing broke his own govern- WASHINGTON: US President ment’s public health guidelines requir- TEHRAN: Iran yesterday announced 235 new Donald Trump sparked an angry ing patients to isolate while they are in treatment and still shedding virus - fatalities from the novel coronavirus in the past backlash from the medical community Sunday with a protocol-breaking vis- and endangered his Secret Service 24 hours, a figure equaling the record high set it to his supporters outside the hospi- protection. nearly 10 weeks ago. The Islamic republic also tal where he is being treated for the Trump, who has been repeatedly announced a new record for the number of highly-infectious, potentially deadly rebuked for flouting public health COVID-19 infections in a single day, for the new coronavirus. He was masked as guidelines and spreading misinforma- second time in less than a week. Health ministry he waved from inside his bulletproof tion on the pandemic, said in a video spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said the 235 vehicle during the short trip outside that dropped on Twitter just before deaths had brought the total number of fatalities Walter Reed military medical center the appearance that he had “learned a to 27,192. Lari added 3,902 new infections were near Washington, which appeared lot about COVID” by “really going to recorded in the past 24 hours, raising the coun- designed to take back the narrative school” as he has battled the virus. BETHESDA, Maryland: A car with US President Trump drives past supporters try’s overall caseload to 475,674. — AFP on his improving health after a week- Continued on Page 2 in a motorcade outside Walter Reed Medical Center on Sunday. — AFP 103-yr-old survives COVID-19 hectare sanctuary at Barrington Tops, about 3.5 quoll - and they’re just over a kilo - so to be bring- Devils released on hours north of Sydney. ing back something of this enormity is huge.” MEXICO CITY: A 103-year-old Mexican Tim Faulkner, president of Aussie Ark, said the Tasmanian devils, which weigh up to 8 kg and have a woman suffering from a chronic pulmonary dis- Aussie mainland “historic” releases in July and September were the black or brown coat, typically prey on other native ease has survived a bout of COVID-19, the first steps in a project akin to the successful move to animals or scavenge carcasses. According to gov- return wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the ernment environmental authorities, devils are not Mexican Social Security Institute announced. SYDNEY: Tasmanian devils have been released United States in the 1990s. After 16 years of work, dangerous to humans or livestock but will defend The institute said the woman, identified only as into the wild on Australia’s mainland 3,000 years including the establishment of mainland Australia’s themselves if attacked and can cause serious injury. Dona Maria, had been hospitalized for 11 days. after the feisty marsupials went extinct there, in what largest Tasmanian devil breeding program, Faulkner The animals - known for their extremely loud She had tested positive for the virus but, despite conservationists described yesterday as a “historic” said it was “incredible and surreal” to have reached growl, powerful jaws and ferocity when confronting her pulmonary problems, did not have other step. Aussie Ark, along with a coalition of other con- the goal. rivals over food or mates - are classified as endan- aggravating factors such as diabetes, obesity or servation groups, revealed yesterday that they had “It’s the stuff dreams are made of,” he told AFP. gered after a contagious facial tumor disease high blood pressure. — AFP released 26 of the carnivorous mammals into a 400- “Our biggest native mainland predator is the tiger Continued on Page 2 2 Established 1961 Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Local World leaders in Kuwait to offer condolences KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani. — Amiri Diwan photos meets Lebanese President Michel Aoun. meets President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Jaber Al-Sabah and offer condo- Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- lences on the late Amir’s passing. Jaber Al-Sabah received at the Amiri Terminal yesterday several Mauritania presidents and heads of states, In the meantime, His Highness who arrived in Kuwait to offer the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al- condolences on the passing of Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the late Amir His Highness Sheikh received President of Mauritania Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Sabah.