KUWAIT: It’s been nearly a month since the coronavirus vaccination campaign kicked off in Kuwait, and the latest announced number of people who have been vaccinated is 20,000. 

FRANKFURT: European Central Bank governors met yesterday to take stock of their monetary stimulus efforts as more infectious strains of the coronavirus and stricter shutdowns cloud the economic outlook. Policymakers were expected to stop short of taking fresh action after ramping up their pandemic support for the eurozone last month.

PARIS: Google and French newspapers said yesterday they had signed an agreement aimed at opening the way to digital copyright payments from the online giant after months of heated negotiations. 

SINGAPORE: From keeping coronavirus vaccines cold in tropical temperatures to ensuring they reach remote islands, a top drug distributor is gearing up for major challenges in shipping shots across Asia. Only a few countries in the region, which has generally not been as badly affected by COVID-19 as many parts of the West, have started inoculation drives in earnest.

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced yesterday rescheduling coronavirus vaccination appointments, as shipments from the manufacturing company Pfizer/BioNTech would be delayed for Kuwait and the whole world, because of the halt in factory’s production to expand it.

WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden’s picks to lead economic and foreign policy signaled on Tuesday that there would be no letup in Washington’s efforts to combat China’s trade abuses. 

BEIJING: Shares in internet giant Alibaba soared more than eight percent yesterday after billionaire founder Jack Ma made his first public appearance since November, ending weeks of speculation about his whereabouts after the company took a kicking from Chinese regulators. 

SAN FRANCISCO: General Motors announced an alliance with Microsoft on its Cruise autonomous driving venture, combining forces to challenge Tesla and others in an electric car market expected to rev with Joe Biden’s environment-friendly administration in the White House.

KUWAIT: The coronavirus situation in Kuwait is “stable”, the Ministry of Health (MoH) Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said, but called for adhering to the preventive measures to avoid a rise in cases.