Opening Skies - Automation Of Services Pending

While the economic sectors, especially the tourism and travel sector in the country, are waiting to resolve the bottleneck caused by the partial closure of the airport, a responsible source revealed that the proposals of Kuwait Airways and Jazeera Airways - submitted to the Ministry of Health regarding strengthening the procedures for normal return to air traffic in Kuwait and reducing home quarantine to A week and the opening of the skies with countries that are directly banned according to health measures - you are still under study.

The source told Al-Qabas: The work team that was formed after the meeting of the Minister of Health, Dr. Basil Al-Sabah, with representatives of the two airlines, met twice, in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Central Agency for Information Technology, airlines, and specialists in information systems. The proposals were discussed from two sides, the first on the procedural side, and the other from the technical side.

The source pointed out that the health authorities recommended that if the proposals are implemented, the travelers 'procedures should be automatic and not manual, and that the medical laboratories - which will conduct the travelers' swabs - have the ability to accept the numbers of arrivals to the country.

The source stated that the accredited medical laboratories have the ability to make 20,000 swabs per day, while representatives of the Ministry of Health have been provided with all requirements that enable them to automate the entry procedures for travelers according to automated systems.

He pointed out that the meetings witnessed the discussion of developing some applications such as "Shlonec" and "covid 19", in order to comply with the proposals for the arrival of travelers, the swab procedures and the emergence of results, expecting that the recommendations of the working group will be submitted to the Minister of Health within a week in case the vision matches the representatives of the «Health» ».

On the opinion of representatives of the health authorities about the proposals after their discussion, the source stated that there are positive data, but the proposals are still being studied.

Here are the full details

While the economic sectors, especially tourism and travel, are waiting to resolve the bottleneck caused by the partial closure of the airport, a responsible source revealed that the proposals of the Kuwaiti Airlines and Jazeera Airways - submitted to the Ministry of Health regarding strengthening the normal return procedures for aviation movement in Kuwait and reducing home quarantine to a week and opening the airspace with Countries that are directly banned according to health measures - are still under study.

The source told Al-Qabas that the work team that was formed after the meeting of the Minister of Health, Dr. Basil Al-Sabah met with the two airlines twice, in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Central Agency for Information Technology, airlines and specialists in information systems. The proposals were discussed from two sides, the first from the procedural point of view, and the second from the technical side.

The source stated that the health authorities recommended that if the proposals are implemented, the travelers' procedures should be automatic and not manual, and that the medical laboratories that will conduct the smears for travelers have the ability to accept the numbers of arrivals to the country.

The source indicated that the accredited medical laboratories have the ability to make 20 thousand swabs per day, while representatives of the Ministry of Health have been provided with all requirements that enable them to automate the entry procedures for travelers according to automated systems.

Application development

The source indicated that the meetings witnessed the discussion of developing some applications such as "Shlonec" and "covid 19", in order to comply with the proposals for the arrival of travelers, the swab procedures and the emergence of results. It is expected that the recommendations of the work team will be submitted to the Minister of Health within a week if the vision matches with health representatives. .

He added that the development of the aforementioned applications will enable the Ministry of Health to know the travelers' data and health status automatically, and the applications will also contribute to knowing the number of pcr examinations that have been conducted, whether before coming to the country or during his arrival at the airport and after the completion of the quarantine period, especially since all procedures Control is subject to the supervision of the Ministry of Health, while the traveler is legally responsible for adhering to the examination and quarantine procedures.

When asking the source about the opinion of the representatives of the health authorities about the proposals after their discussion, the source said that there are positive data, but the proposals are still subject to study.

The source indicated that the proposals aim to contribute to the gradual and safe resumption of aviation traffic to and from Kuwait International Airport, and to open airspace with prohibited countries after classifying countries into two categories, the first low risk, and the second high risk, explaining that the proposals will contribute to revitalizing the local economy and support the aviation sector And other sectors, referring to the repeated demands for a bottleneck and a tendency to open up, in accordance with health and precautionary controls.

10 notes and updates on the open skies plan

1- The health authorities recommended that in the event of opening the airspace, travelers' procedures must be completed in an automatic and not manual manner.

2- The medical laboratories that will conduct the smears for travelers have the ability to accept the numbers of arrivals to the country.

3- Providing representatives of the Ministry of Health with all the requirements that enable them to automate the entry procedures for travelers.

4- Directed to develop some applications such as “Shlonec” and “covid 19” to be compatible with the arrival of travelers and the swab procedures.

5- Developing applications that will enable the Ministry of Health to know travelers' data and health status automatically.

6- Updates to find out the number of pcr checks that were performed, either before coming to the country or during his arrival at the airport and after the end of the quarantine period.

7- All control procedures will be subject to the supervision of the Ministry of Health.

8- The traveler will bear legal responsibility for adhering to the examination and quarantine procedures.

9- There are positive data, but all proposals are still being studied.

10- Officials stressed that the resumption of air traffic will contribute to revitalizing the local economy.

 

SOURCE: ALQABAS

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