Kuwait City: Kuwait authorities have suspended, for one week, all flights to and from Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt.
An emergency Cabinet meeting chaired last night by Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah reviewed the measures aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 and protect the safety of public health.
The Kuwaiti authorities had already suspended flights to and from China, Hong Kong, Iran, South Korea, Thailand, Italy, Singapore, Japan and Iraq.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)said that expatriates who were present in - Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt –two weeks would be denied entry to Kuwait.
The necessary precautionary procedures will be implemented in dealing with Kuwaiti nationals arriving from these seven countries, said the DGCA statement.
All arrivals in Kuwait from any other nationality or via airports other than those of the above-mentioned 7 countries will be denied entry if they travelled to these countries in the last couple of weeks even if they have valid residency or visas.
The cabinet stressed that the new measures are meant to protect the safety of the health of the citizens and expatriate residents in Kuwait, asking everybody to understand the urgency of these measures.
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