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Kuwait encourages citizens to leave UK on Omicron fears

Published: 02 Jan 2022 - 04:11 pm | Last Updated: 02 Jan 2022 - 04:12 pm
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The Kuwaiti embassy in the United Kingdom has encouraged its citizens to leave the country due to a "significant and unprecedented" increase in Omicron cases there, the Gulf country's state news agency reported on Sunday.

The daily number of new COVID-19 infections across Britain rose to a record 189,846 on Friday, far higher than during previous peaks.

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