Kuwait confirms two new coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, said the Health Ministry on Tuesday. During a press conference, the ministry’s spokesperson Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said that the two cases are related to a Filipino and Indian residents, who were in contact with patients that arrived from the UK, bringing the number of infections in the country to 191 cases. The Spokesman revealed that out of the 191 cases, 39 of them have recovered and 152 are still receiving treatment. He indicated that there are five cases still in the ICU. Some 708 individuals had finished the quarantine period, he affirmed.
He renewed the call of the Ministry of Health for the esteemed citizens and residents to abide by all the decisions and recommendations issued by the official authorities in the country and the recommendations of the World Health Organization and to adopt a social distancing strategy to reduce the chances of infection and the spread of infection between contacts in order to contain and eliminate the spread of the Coronavirus.