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Covid: Mandatory hotel quarantine for all passengers in Kuwait

Kuwait - Arriving passengers from high risk countries will need to quarantine in a hotel for 14 days.

Published: Sat 20 Feb 2021, 11:08 AM

Updated: Sat 20 Feb 2021, 11:09 AM

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Kuwait will allow non-Kuwaiti citizens to enter the country starting Sunday, February 21 with some new procedures, the civil aviation authority said in a statement late on Friday.

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Travellers arriving on direct flights from high risk countries will have to resort to institutional quarantine in one of the local hotels for 14 days, while travellers coming from the rest of the world will have to quarantine institutionally for one week and another at home.

Kuwait suspended entry for non-citizens for two weeks starting Feb. 7 amid efforts to deal with the coronavirus.

Photo: AFP

Photo: AFP



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