Round-the-clock curfew in Kuwait as Covid-19 infections spread among workers at supermarkets

Al-Khaldiya supermarket: 40% of its staff have tested positive for Covid-19

Kuwait has been placed under a round-the-clock curfew following the discovery of a major Covid-19 outbreak among employees at supermarkets.

One large Kuwaiti chain, the Khaldya Cooperative Society, shut its doors until further notice after 103 workers — about 40% of its total staff — tested positive for the…

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Former Middle East editor of the Guardian. Website: www.al-bab.com. Author of 'Arabs Without God'.

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Former Middle East editor of the Guardian. Website: www.al-bab.com. Author of 'Arabs Without God'.