Kuwait gov’t assign state departments to consider full curfew

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KUWAIT CITY, Apr 9: Kuwait government Thursday stepped up measures aimed at confronting spread of coronavirus, including considering a full curfew and increasing medical workers while planning resumption of state departments including remotely.

Al-Mezrem, at an online news conference, said relevant authorities were assigned to place executive plans to deal with possibility of imposing a curfew, and to avoid any obstacles that might hamper execution of the curfew.

He was speaking after a cabinet meeting, during which government assigned the Directorate General for Civil Aviation to allow operation of all airlines in order to allow expatriates wishing to return to their countries do so.

The government, said Al-Mezrem, compelled cleaning and guarding companies committed to contracts with the government to pay wages of their employees and to make sure they live in decent housing units.
“The government will take legal action against companies violating this issue,” he said.

Al-Mezrem approved the Ministry of Health’s recruitment of medical staff of private hospitals as well as the use of their facilities to deal with coronavirus patients.

He also said the government approved a request by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to launch an electronic application to organize shopping at cooperative societies in order to avoid gatherings thus spread of virus.

Jleeb and Mahboula lockdown
The cabinet discussed the health condition in general and the preventive measures to preserve well being of the public, as well as conditions in Areas of Mahboula and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, which were under complete lockdown, but medical services and food are provided for inhabitants.

A statement by Deputy Premier, Interior Minister and Minsiter of State for Cabinet Anas Al-Saleh said the government, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, decided to cut by half passes granted for workers in different bodies that guarantee movement during curfew.

It assigned Ministry of Interior to consider the distribution of passes.
The government, said Al-Saleh, also formed a team to prepare for resumption of work at government departments, including through online mechanism.

The cabinet praised outcome of a meeting between His Highness the Prime Minister and President of the State Audit Bureau Faisal Al-Shaya on preservation of public funds.
The government, meanwhile, would provide appropriations for ministries and state departments to help them confront spread of the virus, took note of preparations for repatriation of citizens end of next week following registration in a special website designed for this purpose.

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