Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anas Al-Saleh said Friday the Civil Defense Committee is in permanent session to tackle the risks posed by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “The safety of public health is the top priority because citizens are the real riches of the country,” he said in a statement released by the Interior Ministry’s General Directorate of Security Relations and Media following a meeting by the interagency Committee.
The meeting, chaired Al-Saleh, also gathered Minister of Health Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Sabah and Undersecretary of the Interior Ministry and Head of the Committee Lt.-Gen. Essam El-Nahham as well as other senior officials. Al-Saleh commended the efforts of competent state bodies that “mobilized their human and technical resources to fend off the COVID-19 risks and protect the safety of all citizens and residents,” according to the statement.
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