The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged its citizens and expats who recently traveled from the European Union or Britain between 11 to 21 December to conduct a PCR test on the fifth and tenth day from the date of arrival, at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital between 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Al Rai daily reported.
It is important they bring proof of arrival time of their travel during the aforementioned period. This report follows the recent news of a new coronavirus strain, believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than the initial one, discovered in the UK.