Mandatory Quarantine For Coronavirus Patients With No Evident Symptoms, Announces Minister Sheikh Bassel

Ministry of Health (MoH) is capable of receiving and isolating coronavirus patients who do not show symptoms while they are in mandatory quarantine, the Minister said Friday. “At this stage we can provide mandatory quarantine for coronavirus patients,” Sheikh Dr. Bassel Al-Sabah told an online news conference following an extraordinary cabinet meeting, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. MoH is placing those patients in mandatory quarantine in order to lessen the spread of the virus, he said.

Sheikh Bassel said 50 percent of infectees did not show symptoms thus their presence in hospitals were not required, so they were sent to mandatory quarantine facilities. The government decided earlier to impose a full curfew as of 4:00 p.m. Sunday (May 10) until May 30, as part of measures to stem spread of COVID-19, but would only allow people to exercise for two hours a day inside their areas and without using cars. They, however, need to wear masks and abide by physical distancing.

Sheikh Bassel said the full curfew became a necessity in order to confront the pandemic. He said preparations for the full curfew began on April 6, urging citizens and expatriates to cooperate with government authorities in order to bring about success to the objectives of the curfew.

 

SOURCE : TIMESKUWAIT

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