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(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT - His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah expressed hopes for fruitful cooperation between the executive and legislative authorities during Tuesday's National Assembly session. KUWAIT - Kuwait's cabinet approved a draft law to pay frontline workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic KD 600 million (USD 1.99 billion) in special bonuses for their efforts and sacrifices to tame a local outbreak that his killed 1,298 people. KUWAIT - The Ministry of Health has stated that a total of 604,861 coronavirus vaccine shots were given in Kuwait so far. KUWAIT - Kuwait reported 1,251 coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 229,550, said the health ministry. WASHINGTON - The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines reduce the risk of infection with coronavirus by 90 percent, said a US study Monday. CAIRO- The Ever-Given container ship has been dislodged and floating after blocking Suez Canal for almost a week, said Egypt Suez Canal Authority. BAGHDAD - The foreign ministers of Iraq, Egypt and Jordan have agreed to deepen economic and political cooperation in the run-up to a forthcoming summit of the leaders of the three Arab countries. (end) ibiMENAFN29032021000071011013ID1101829013