The Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry said Wednesday that its inspection teams had filed reports against 13 shops and shut down four others for breaking law and guidelines put in place to curb the fallout of coronavirus (Covid-19).
Personnel of the ministry’s trade control and consumers’ protection sector had monitored a total of 143 cooperative societies, shopping centers, shops and vegetable stands to ensure set prices remain steady, the ministry said in a statement to KUNA. It added that its teams had also inspected 79 supply stores and reopened a single shop. Its emergency center had received 102 complaints through hotline (135) and 10 others via its control centers, while 40 supply cards were issued or renewed.