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KUWAIT CITY, Dec 29, (Agencies): The Cabinet held its weekly session Monday, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah.
After the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said that Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah briefed the meeting on latest development concerning COVID-19 in Kuwait. The Minister voiced content over the general status of the pandemic in the country, deeming it “stable” based on declining figures in new contamination and fatality rates.
Sheikh Dr Al-Sabah also underlined that the decision to suspend commercial flights and land travelling is still valid until January 1, 2021; with traffic in all ports & border crossings resuming the day after the aforementioned date. He fortunately noted that no mutant COVID-19 strains were detected thus far, as well as not detecting any side effects since the trial launch of vaccination campaign last Thursday.