The Kuwait International Airport has activated the strict health measures as per the Cabinet instructions which call for the application of home quarantine for the arriving passengers.
Sources told Al-Qabas, there were no problems amid the increase in health awareness among the inbound passengers, stressing that the work teams were keen to implement the health procedures for the 65 incoming flights which brought in about 10,000 passengers, while 99 flights departed to various destinations amid strict health measures.
The number of incoming passengers varied, as the airport received flights from India, Egypt, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, London, Turkey and Paris. The daily added, all the scheduled flights landed without any change or cancellation.
The sources indicated the new decisions require that no passenger coming to the country be accepted unless after submitting a negative PCR test certificate done no more than 48 hours before arrival, and the home quarantine for 10 days after arrival, with the possibility of cutting down the quarantine period if a PCR test is performed after at least 72 hours from the time of arrival, and if is proven negative.
The sources reassured that the airport is still operating according to the operational plans for commercial flights, and explained coordination is in full swing with all the authorities operating at the airport to follow up on any new developments.