DUBAI: A second Egyptian doctor has died in Kuwait from the coronavirus, despite having shown signs of recovery, local daily Al-Ahram online reported.
Awad Abdel-Hameed, 50, was admitted into hospital in May after testing positive for COVID-19.
He appeared to recover from the illness and was discharged from hospital, but he later suffered a resurgence of the illness, Egyptian state news agency reported.
Hameed is the second Egyptian doctor to die from the disease. Tarek Hussiein Mekhaymar, 62, died from the disease on May 8.
Kuwait’s total number of coronavirus cases has reached 75,185, including 494 deaths and 66,740 recoveries, according to the health ministry.
Earlier in August, Kuwait banned passenger flights to 31 countries, including Egypt. The suspension came as the country began resuming air travel at a reduced capacity.
Second Egyptian doctor dies in Kuwait from COVID-19 complications
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Second Egyptian doctor dies in Kuwait from COVID-19 complications
- Awad Abdel-Hameed, 50, was admitted into hospital in May after testing positive for COVID-19
- Kuwait’s total number of coronavirus cases has reached 75,185, including 494 deaths and 66,740 recoveries
Election of new Iraqi president delayed by Kurds
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament postponed the election of a president on Tuesday to allow Kurdish rivals time to agree on a candidate.
Parliamentary Speaker Haibat Al-Halbussi received requests from Iraq's two main Kurdish parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, to postpone the vote to allow both parties more time to reach a deal.
By convention, a Shi’ite holds the powerful post of prime minister, the parliamentary Speaker is a Sunni and the largely ceremonial presidency goes to a Kurd.
Under a tacit agreement between the two main Kurdish parties, a PUK member holds the Iraqi presidency, while the president and regional premier of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region is selected from the KDP. But this time the KDP has named Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein as its own candidate for the presidency.
Once elected, the president will then have 15 days to appoint a prime minister, widely expected to be Nouri Al-Maliki, who held the post from 2006 to 2014. The shrewd 75-year-old politician is Iraq’s only two-term premier since the 2003 US-led invasion.
The Coordination Framework, an alliance of Shi’ite parties that holds a parliamentary majority, has already endorsed Maliki.
