Appointment shopping during curfew latest Commerce twist
Exit hope as two more flights allowed
KUWAIT CITY, April 15, (Agencies): The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has launched a system through which appointments can be made to shop in 6 cooperative societies in Al-Faiha, Hadiya, Ishbiliya, AlRawdah, Al-Zahra and Al-Naeem, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily quoting ministry sources said this is the first stage of the system and plans to increase the facility to other societies in the near future.
The ministry pointed out appointments can be made to shop from 5:00 pm to 12 midnight and said system allows taking appointments in various food shopping centers and prevents mixing of people
and provides the purchase the The shopper electronic waiting ministry site. another to in have reservation queue, cautioned “barcode” access and to does also that the for not the visit residential entitle the district the area, recipient cooperative but rather to leave society to The at the ministry appointed also time. stated that the steps for registering in the system include entering the website (www.moci.shop), entering the required data including the Civil ID number and the serial number which is at the back of the Civil ID, the phone number and the e-mail, with confirmation of the reason for appointment (shopping in slaughterhouses or fish markets or cooperative societies, catering branches, supermarkets, and other markets.
Two more flights allowed
Meanwhile, Kuwait’s Directorate General for the Civil Aviation announced that two Turkish Airways and Qatar Airways flights took off from the Kuwaiti International Airport on Tuesday, heading to Istanbul and Doha carrying expatriates.
The two flights are part of the DGCA plan to facilitate travel of expatriates who are willing to leave Kuwait, the Directorate said in a press statement.
MoH reports 50 new cases
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported 50 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total of infections to 1,405, while deaths still stand at three.
During its daily briefing, Health Ministry spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that 31 patients were in intensive care, 15 of them are in critical condition.
Those currently receiving treatment at hospitals reached 1,196 patients said the spokesperson, adding that 546 individuals have completed quarantine in the last 24 hours.
Earlier Wednesday, Health Minister Dr Basel Al-Sabah announced the recovery of 30 patients, bringing the total to 206 recoveries.
Researchers dev simulation
Researchers from Kuwait Diabetes Institute and Kuwait University (KU) developed a simulation designed to study spread of novel coronavirus in Kuwait which showed peak of the virus would be mid-May, the DDI Director General said Tuesday.
Dr Qais Al-Duwairi said the simulation, called Predictive mathematical model SARS COV II, was based on the SEIR model
(Susceptible – Exposed – Infectious – Recovered) with a few modifications to cope with the situation in Kuwait.
The simulation, said Al-Duwairi, proved measures adopted by the government of Kuwait to contain the virus since day one were correct.
These measures, explained Al-Duwairi, included closure of schools, restaurants and shopping malls, as well as enforcing mandatory and self-quarantines “which effectively contributed to isolation of infected people who came from abroad.”
He said the simulation showed that spread of coronavirus would continue its upward trend until mid-May and the curve would begin descending.
This simulation, added Al-Duwairi, would contribute to initial assessment of any containment strategy.
Apparently, there have been negative attitudes in the Kuwaiti society due to the economic, social, educational and psychological impacts of the novel coronavirus, shows a recent academic survey.
Conducted by professors of psychology at Kuwait University, the survey includes 1,080 respondents from various segments of Kuwaiti society.
The study revolves around the hazards of the respiratory disease to the Kuwaiti society in view of chronic fatigue syndrome and hypochondriasis.
Social risks came first by 75.3 percent, with the majority of respondents trying to avert social communications due to extreme concerns over virus transmission, according to the survey.
Public security teams have been hit hard by all the types of negative impacts triggered by the globally spreading contagious disease, with 42.8 percent of those surveyed being affected, it showed.
The survey noted that 41.8 percent of non-Kuwaiti respondents and 38 percent of Kuwaitis have developed negative attitudes due to the impacts of the deadly virus.