The Ministry of Health (MoH) is understood to have temporarily suspended the referring of Kuwaiti patients to foreign hospitals for treatment. This move follows the rapid rise in the number of cases of COVID-19 infection in many of the countries that Kuwaiti patients are usually referred to, such as Germany, the UK, France, Italy and South Korea.
Kuwait’s health offices in many countries including France and the UK have notified the health authorities in Kuwait that any patient being referred to hospitals in those countries will have to carry a health clearance certificate attesting that they or their relatives accompanying them are free from the new coronavirus infection.