Strict Health Measures For Those Coming To The Country

In implementation of the instructions of the Council of Ministers during its extraordinary meeting, a day before yesterday, Kuwait International Airport turned into a beehive. And the devices operating in it stressed precautionary health measures for all arrivals from different countries of the world. In parallel with the ban on commercial flights with 9 African countries, the airport, and other land and sea ports, witnessed new steps at the health and logistical levels, to prevent the entry of any cases infected with Corona in general, and with the mutant “Omicron” in particular.

A health official considered that maintaining this improvement is the biggest challenge, pointing out that the World Health Organization confirmed that closure is not the best solution to besiege the new mutant. Preventive measures are currently sufficient, especially in countries where the vaccination rate has increased to about 80%, such as Kuwait.

The official reiterated that the intensification of health control at the entry points would prevent the emergence of mutants in Kuwait, pointing out that the demand of citizens and residents for the third booster dose increased significantly during the past days, which enhances the societal immunity against the emerging strains. He stated that the pressure on the health system decreased a lot, as hospital care rooms were devoid of Corona cases, while “zero deaths” as a result of the epidemic continued to be recorded, considering that next December is the real test against “Omicron”, indicating that the PCR examination is sufficient to detect for any modifiers.

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At a time when the government confirmed that the health conditions were reassuring, and that Kuwait was so far safe from the mutant “Omicron”, the agencies operating at Kuwait International Airport rushed to intensify their health measures, after suspending flights with 9 African countries.

The source told that the airport’s agencies continue to implement the decision to prevent entry to non-Kuwaitis coming from some African countries, whether they come directly or through other countries unless they reside outside those countries for at least 14 days.

He pointed out that the sectors have raised the degree of their health and logistical preparations to follow up the movement of arrivals to the country, explaining that there is round-the-clock communication with the health authorities to monitor the repercussions of the mutated “Omicron”.

Healthy, and while warnings and precautionary measures continue to confront the developments of the mutated “Omicron”, amid regional alert and rapid spread, and the suspension of some civil flights from some countries, an informed source in the Ministry of Health renewed to Al-Qabas that the local epidemiological situation continues to improve significantly, compared to the past months. He pointed out that the intensification of health control at the entry points will prevent the emergence of mutant mutations in Kuwait.

The frequency of vaccinations

The source added that accelerating the pace of vaccinations and the demand for them by citizens and residents will contribute to reducing the complications of the epidemic and its repercussions, especially on the health system, which has been under pressure recently, due to the noticeable decline of the epidemic, and the small number of injuries and patients in the wards and intensive care designated for Covid 19. , in order not to return to the high incidence of injuries and clinical occupancy rates.

He pointed out that increasing health awareness among large segments of society plays an important role in avoiding catching the virus, which led to a decline in the daily infection rates recorded during the months of October and November, as well as an increase in the rates of vaccinations recently, pointing out that the third dose is of paramount importance for some segments. , such as those with chronic diseases, immunodeficiency patients, and adults in general.

 

 

 

SOURCE  ALQABAS

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