All means to avoid lockdown, curfew

‘Starting to reach the end of the tunnel’

KUWAIT CITY, July 10, (Agencies): Kuwait International Airport is open and traffic is increasing, but be sure to get vaccinated before traveling, reports Al-Rai daily quoting Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Chairman of Corona Emergency Committee Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali.

Sheikh Hamad gave citizens and expatriates a great dose of optimism regarding the plan to return to normal life recently.

“We are starting to reach the end of the tunnel,” Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali affirmed on the sidelines of the graduation ceremony for those who successfully completed the command and staff course.

“The concerned authorities are avoiding imposing curfew by all means, while looking for alternatives in curbing the spread of the virus; such as encouraging citizens and expatriates to get vaccinated,” he disclosed.

He added: “We are trying to avoid imposing lockdown and curfew at the moment. God willing, we will not impose curfew,” noting that “the airport is open and there is an increase in movement. Our brothers and sisters who want to travel, go and relax; but being cautious is a duty. I advise you to be careful at all times.”

Emphasizing the importance of the initiative to get vaccinated against Covid-19, the minister said: “I am one of the people who was infected with corona, but I did not feel anything when I got vaccinated.”

He also commended the frontline workers in the Ministry of Health, including doctors and various medical and nursing staff who work with the highest level of energy day and night, “I thank them very much for what they are doing,” he concluded.

Revised

The Ministry of Health has revised the vaccination certificates of those who were vaccinated with Oxford vaccine by adding ‘AstraZeneca’ to the name of the vaccine, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting an official source from the health sector.

The source said all those vaccinated with AstraZeneca/Oxford can download the revised certificate from the vaccination platform.

According to the source, everyone who has been vaccinated with the Oxford vaccine can use the same link to obtain the certificate again, as the ministry changed the name of the vaccine from Oxford to AstraZeneca/Oxford. The source explained Oxford is not known as a vaccine in some countries, so the ministry decided to change the vaccine name in the vaccination certificate.

Kuwait’s daily coronavirus cases jumped by 1,555 to 374,104 as deaths rose by 11 to 2,100, the health ministry said on Saturday.

Another 1,728 people were cured of the virus, raising the total of those to have overcome the disease to 353,936, ministry spokesperson Dr. Abdallah Al-Sanad said in a statement.

The number of people hospitalised with the virus currently stands at 18,068, with 326 of them in intensive care units, he added, revealing that some 13,786 swab tests were conducted over the last day out of a total of 3,123,626.

He went on to urge nationals and expatriates alike that abiding by health precautions, mainly, following social distancing rules, is the only way to halt the spread of the virus