Spokesman for the Ministry of Health (MoH) Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad on Tuesday affirmed the necessity of cooperation in the society to fight the rise in the coronavirus cases. This came during the ministry’s news conference held late Tuesday that was broadcast on the state’s TV and posted on the ministry’s officials accounts on social media.
“What we are facing in the State of Kuwait comes within the framework of the global and regional epidemiological sequence,” he said. He noted the ministry has taken proactive measures and doubled precautions to control the pandemic, indicating there are several factors through which the assessment of the epidemiological situation of any community is determined.
Of these factors are the number of daily positive infections, the ratio of occupation of ICU beds and the proportion between the infected cases and the medical swabs conducted, he explained. He made clear that the ratio between the cases and medical swabs hit two percent last December, 8.9 percent last Tuesday and 11.2 percent last Monday. The active cases still receiving treatment reached 3,361 last December and 9,310 on Tuesday (today), he said.
The occupation at hospitals’ wards hit seven percent last December, nine percent last January and 11 percent in the first week of February, he stated. Intensive care units (ICUs) occupation reached nine percent last December, 11 percent in second half of January and 15 percent in the first week of February, Al-Sanad added. The total infected cases in last January hit 17,653, including 10,787 nationals, he said, noting the percentage of nationals’ infections hit 61.1 percent.
Those who are aged 16-44 are highly infected, registering a percentage of 67, 12 out of the total infections, following by those who aged 45-59 with 18.8 percent, he revealed. The infection of those aged one day-6 months is .06 percent, 1.9 percent for those aged 1-4, 4.28 percent for those aged 5-15, three percent for those 60-65 and 3.7 percent for those who are above 65 years, he elaborated.
The ministry received 87,552 inquiries from people on vaccination, medical consultation, the new strain of coronavirus and others, he said. Regarding the global pandemic situation, he stressed that in light of the rise in the coronavirus cases all over the world the pandemic must be combated collectively.
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