Covid: Kuwait suspends entry for non-citizens for two weeks

Kuwait - Kuwait has also advised citizens against non-essential travel amid new Covid strains.

Kuwait said on Wednesday it will suspend entry for non-citizens for two weeks as of February 7, following a rise in coronavirus cases in the Gulf state.

Also read: Kuwait advises against non-essential travel

The cabinet decision, read out at a televised press conference, said all those entering the country would have to quarantine.

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The cabinet decision read out at a televised press conference said first-degree relatives, such as parents and children, and accompanying domestic workers would be exempt, and that all those entering the country would have to quarantine.

Kuwait on Wednesday registered 756 new Covid-19 cases to take the total to 167,410. It had seen daily infections fall below 300 late last year from a peak of more than 1,000 in May.

Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia suspended entry from 20 countries, including UAE.

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