Municipality pulls 1,923 permits for food delivery
‘No plan to end academic year’
KUWAIT CITY, May 7, (Agencies): Kuwait Municipality Director-General Ahmad Al-Manfouhi announced Thursday the cancellation of 1,923 food delivery permits for violations of health requirements.
In a press release, Al-Manfouhi affirmed that this decision came within the framework of the executive mechanism for the service of selling and delivering food orders via an electronic system with the need to adhere to the required terms and conditions.
He stressed the incorrectness of what was circulated on social media that the number of people authorized to practice the delivery service exceeded 8,000 workers, indicating that the permits issued by the municipality are subject to strict control.
“We will not hesitate to cancel the permit of those who are not committed to the implementation of the Ministry of Health guidelines,” he added.
MoE committed to resuming schools
Kuwait’s Ministries of Education and Higher Educations are committed to a government decision to resume studies at public and private schools, colleges and universities on Aug 4, 2020, the minister confirmed, ending speculations of ending the academic year due to the virus.
Dr Saud Al-Harbi the two ministries were complying with a Feb 26 government decision to suspend studies because of the spread of the coronavirus.
There is no intention to end the academic year, Al-Harbi told KUNA, and said he would submit a report to the government about this issue in mid-July.
Al-Harbi said ministries’ executives were meeting regularly to discuss best ways to resume studies as well as launching phase two of the online education.
MEW closed for two days
Following the discovery of coronavirus cases, Ministry of Electricity and Water has decided to close its head office for two days and reopen on Sunday, reports Al-Nahar daily.
According to informed sources, the ministry has submitted to Ministry of Health a list of 300 employees who came in contact with the infected employees, and requested the health ministry to test these employees.
The sources indicated that the entire building of the ministry will be sterilized with the cooperation of specialized teams from Kuwait Army.
Officer tests positive
An officer of Farwaniya Security Directorate tested positive of coronavirus, reports Al-Rai daily.
All officers and employees who came in contact with the infected officer were tested in Adan Hospital in coordination with Ministry of Health and their results came negative.
According to informed source, 19 officers have been kept in isolation in Adan Hospital for further testing, and their results will be released soon.
No new cases in Center
Ministry of Social Welfare has taken strict precautionary measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, adding no new cases have been recorded at the Farah Specialist Center, reports AlJarida daily.
The daily quoting the Assistant Undersecretary for Social Welfare Musallam Al-Subaie disclosed that no new cases of “Corona” virus have been registered at the Farah Specialized Center for Service, Care and Rehabilitation of the Elderly in the Social Welfare after confirming few days ago that one of the supervisors at the center had been infected. He noted that precautionary and preventive measures have since been taken to deal with the situation.
He explained that immediately after symptoms of the disease appeared on the supervisor, even before the infection was confirmed, he was isolated from the inmates and colleague supervisors. The officials then contacted the Ministry of Health’s Preventive Health Department to do the needful.
He pointed out that the ministry took strict precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the infection or its transmission to other inmates or employees at the center by stopping all supervisors who were in contact with the infected, whether by the same work shift or even other shifts from working, and they’re 20 in number. Those supervisors have since been replaced, and their personal belongings inside their residence in the “Welfare Home” that can transmit the infection, such as beds, covers, and other belongings, have been changed.
Al-Subaie stressed that the Welfare Home Complex administration is without new viral infections. He explained that “ever since the current crisis began and announcement was made by the Ministry of Health concerning the discovery of “COVID-19” cases, the ministry has taken a number of precautionary and preventive measures to prevent the spread of the virus among inmates and employees of the home. It includes prevention of visits and
suspension of all activities and celebrations, as well as periodic inspection of workers and daily sterilization of all buildings at the complex.
He stressed that inmates of the complex do not go out except for the most necessary needs, within certain limits, to avoid infection. He indicated the administration prevented visits to the inmates of the Juvenile Department as a precautionary measure against the spread of the infection after obtaining approval of the Juvenile Affairs Prosecutor for that purpose.
He added that “places have been provided for all workers and security guards to live within the compound and they’re prevented from leaving to avoid contact with someone who might transmit the infection.”
Al-Subaie reiterated the sector continues to distribute diapers for the elderly through its external centers spread across the governorates, in addition to re-issuing and distributing priority cards at the request of a broad sector of the category.