The Council of Ministers have decided to lift the lockdown of Farwaniya from 5 am on July 26th onwards thereby ending lockdown in all areas of Kuwait.
With the country going into the Third phase of the gradual return of normalcy plan, Farwaniya residents will no longer be subjected to a curfew or have their movements be restricted. Curfew timings have also been revised to 9 pm to 3 am from July 28th.
Farwaniya lockdown is being lifted after almost 80 days as the country is slowly limping back to normal activity. Kuwait Airport is also expected to reopen on as scheduled on Aug 1.
Meanwhile, a committee tasked with monitoring adherence to the COVID-19 health measures across the country will continue carrying out its role. Furthermore, worshipers will be allowed to attend Eid Al-Adha prayers across the nation at mosques approved by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs with health and safety standards applied, the official added.
Slaughterhouses will remain shut on the first day of Eid Al-Adha, which falls on Friday, July 31, with the need to schedule appointments to conduct the livestock sacrifice ritual. Phase two, which began on June 30, came after ministers opted for a five-phase plan of reopening based on five criteria on May 28.
These criteria are the scale of infections, stability of case numbers over a sufficient period, lower Intensive Care Unit occupancy numbers, lower hospital bed occupancy numbers and lower numbers of positive cases detected by daily swabs. Each phase is assessed every three weeks, at least, whereby the government determines whether to move on with the following phase.
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