28/02/2020
Arab Times
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KUWAIT, Feb 28: Kuwaiti Ports Authority said Friday that a medical team is accompanying their crews and boarding ships arriving in the country in order to examine its crews, and to ensure that they are free of the emerging coronavirus, known as (COVID-19).
The Authority's spokesperson Nasser Al-Shulaimi said in a press statement that instructions had been issued in coordination with the Ministry of Health to inspect ships that will be stopped in a designated area, and their crews would make their inspection before being authorized to dock on Kuwaiti docks.
Al-Shulaimi added that instructions were issued to keep crews inside ships as another "precautionary measure" to prevent transmission of the virus.
The spokesperson noted that the authority's highest management is monitoring the situation closely. (KUNA)
