The Cabinet held its weekly session Monday, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. After the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said that Health Minister Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Sabah briefed the meeting on latest development concerning COVID-19 in Kuwait.
The Minister voiced content over the general status of the pandemic in the country, deeming it “stable” based on declining figures in new contamination and fatality rates. Sheikh Dr. Al-Sabah also underlined that the decision to suspend commercial flights and land travelling is still valid until January 1, 2021; with traffic in all ports & border crossings resuming the day after the aforementioned date. He, fortunately, noted that no mutant COVID-19 strains were detected thus far, as well as not detecting any side effects since the trial launch of the vaccination campaign last Thursday.