Students Can Return To School In September After The Vaccination Of Educational Bodies

The Minister of Health (MoH), Dr. Basil Al-Sabah said that the students would gradually return to school in various stages with the beginning of the new academic year in September. MoH plans to vaccinate all educational and administrative bodies in schools next month, Al Jarida reported.

Dr. Basil Al-Sabah stressed the importance of vaccinating everyone, to preserve the health and safety of life. He pointed out that so far 400,000 have been vaccinated in addition to that half of the elderly Kuwaitis registered have been vaccinated, while about a quarter of the elderly foreigners have been vaccinated. He also said that around 80 to 100 elderly people are vaccinated daily at their homes.

Al Sabah said that the vaccination process will continue during the Ramadan period. He said that approximately 120,000 educators and administrators in education, along with cooperative societies, hairdressers, and banks, will be vaccinated next April.

The minister indicated that vaccination is very effective in reducing the number of death significantly. He said that since the number of vaccinated people in the world reached 400 million, the number of infections and deaths has decreased in America, Britain, and many countries.

He added that in the next stage and after the month of Ramadan, anyone who is not vaccinated will be prevented from entering the cinema any place where workers have not been vaccinated will also be closed.

 

SOURCE  TIMESKUWAIT