New Test Devices To Test Coronavirus Expected To Arrive This Week

09 March 2020 Coronavirus

A new batch of new test devices are expected to arrive in Kuwait this week mainly to check the arrivals into Kuwait and help reduce the risk of virus infection, reports Al-Rai daily.

According to daily, the new devices will give results of the tests – positive or negative – within 10 to 15 minutes.

Disrupting movement from and to or prohibiting travel or temporarily suspending flights and other procedures are all related to preventing the corona virus from spreading, daily reported quoting Health minister Dr Basil Al-Sabah.

Dr. Basil has called on everyone to be responsible and understand the gravity of the current situation everyone is passing through, which requires exceptional measures to be taken temporarily to protect the health of Kuwaitis and residents first and foremost away from any other considerations.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has approved the installation of 5 modern and advanced ‘mobile’ thermal cameras at the Kuwaiti airports to examine passengers arriving in the country to check the symptoms of coronavirus, one of which is body temperature. The new thermal cameras are known to give signals when monitoring the rise in temperature of passengers quickly and accurately.

 

SOURCE : IIK

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