KUWAIT CITY, Feb 9, (Agencies): Health sources said the booster dose will be administered to those 40 years and above from Wednesday, and that this age group does not require a prior appointment date issued by the vaccination center, reports Al-Qabas daily. According to sources, the number of people who received the third dose until noon Tuesday, was more than 749,822 citizens and residents, indicating that the vaccinations will be given in primary care centers in a number of health areas, stressing their importance in achieving the required community immunity soon.

The Directorate-General of Civil Aviation announced that a passenger can travel and return with the same ‘PCR’ certificate issued by Kuwait if the person returns within 72 hours, reports Al-Qabas daily. The DGCA clarified on its Twitter account that the 72-hour travel period should be from the time the sample was taken to the date of registration on the flight. The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday 3,463 COVID-19 infections, 5,203 recoveries, and one death in the last 24 hours.

The Ministry’s official spokesman Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad said the tallies for infections and recoveries hit respectively 590,565 and 538,129. Deaths went up to 2,514, said the spokesman, revealing that there were 94 patients in ICU, 474 in COVID-19 wards, and 49,922 active cases. He indicated that swabs hit 7,198,855 with 27,947 new tests carried out in the last 24 hours.