Kuwaiti actress Hayat Al-Fahad triggers uproar with call for expat ban over coronavirus – Arabnews

Kuwaiti actress Hayat Al-Fahad triggers uproar with call for expat ban over coronavirus – Arabnews

Kuwaiti actress Hayat Al-Fahad triggers uproar with call for expat ban over coronavirus /node/1651251/middle-east. Hayat Al-Fahad told a local television station that foreigners in the country should be kicked out during the health crisis.. KUWAIT CITY: A famous Kuwaiti actress has sparked a furor by calling for expatriates to be expelled from the country so that locals can be sure of having a hospital bed if they fall ill with coronavirus.. Many people took to social media platforms to criticize the actress' comments, with one Twitter user saying it was "so unacceptable.". It has adopted some of the strictest measures in the Gulf to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus by largely locking down the country.. LIVE: Countries, businesses bear loss of human lives and revenues amid coronavirus crisis /node/1651546/middle-east. In the United States, the death toll topped 5,000 late Wednesday, lower than those of Spain and Italy but above China where the virus conflagration first emanated in December, and now leads the world in the number of coronavirus cases.. Middle East governments meanwhile continue to implement measures to contain the spread of coronavirus and mitigate its devastating effects to the private sector and its residents.. 02:48