publish time

25/04/2020

author name Arab Times

publish time

25/04/2020

KUWAIT, April 25 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti Minister of Health Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Sabah said Saturday efforts were going on to cut restrictions as much as possible, adding that work resumption is unlikely after Eid Al-Fitr holiday.
Speaking to reporters while launching a new quarantine center, the minister said that the first phase of the medical facility, involving 1,250 beds and a field hospital, had been completed.


He added that the whole quarantine center with a total capacity of 5,000 beds would go into service by the end of next May.


Furthermore, another 250-bed fully equipped medical facility will be opened at the Fairground in Mishref area, the health minister pointed out.
However, he rebuffed recent local press reports on increasing Covid-19 infections among medics as "untrue", while urging people to follow relevant health guidelines, chiefly washing hands frequently, not touching face, maintaining social distancing and wearing face masks