News in brief

Random testing in two areas

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced conducting random testing in Khaldiya and Adailiya during the curfew period overnight. The testing started Monday and continued yesterday from 9 pm until 1 am.

Corporate registration

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior has decided to scrap companies’ appointments at the General Department of Residency due to the nationwide total curfew, but to keep its online corporate registration service. The code of eservices will be available on the ministry’s website, the ministry said in a press statement. In case of failed registration, the ministry could be reached via the following website: moi.gov.kw@kesupport, it added.

Hotels handover

KUWAIT: The Finance Ministry has ended contracts with four hotels out of 20 that were used as institutional health quarantines for citizens arriving from abroad, as the required time for quarantine was completed. The Ministry of Health will hand over quarantine places gradually. The cabinet had asked the finance ministry during its meeting on March 21 to manage the health quarantines and coordinate with concerned authorities to allow the health ministry to carry out its duties in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Curfew violations

KUWAIT: Police arrested 14 curfew violators on Monday, including nine Kuwaitis and five expats. Eight were arrested in Farwaniya governorate, three in Jahra, two in the Capital, and one in Al-Ahmadi.