Penalties for quarantine violations

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KUWAIT CITY, March 18, (KUNA): Kuwait Minister of Social Affairs Maryam Al- Aqeel said Wednesday that teams have been formed that would check on people who were violating home quarantine to take necessary legal action against them.

The formation of the teams is part of the government’s decisions to fight the spread of coronavirus (COVID- 19), Al-Aqeel, also Minister of State for Economic Affairs, said in a press statement.

People instructed to stay in home quarantine but went to their working places in violation of instructions, she said, trigger closure of these places and penalizing those persons. Kuwait’s Ministry of Health (MoH) warned Wednesday against fraud committed by some people who were selling unauthorized coronavirus testing devices, saying an expatriate was arresting for doing so.

“The MoH is the only authority in the state that carries out tests and under supervision of a specialized medical staff,” Dr Abdullah Al-Bader, Assistant Undersecretary for Pharamaceutical and Food Supervision, said in a statement.

He reaffirmed that MoH did not authorize any local company nor a pharmacy to sell coronavirus testing devices. Al-Bader said the MoH was coordinating with health ministries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to authorize the official testing devices.

He said an expatriate was arrested because he was selling unauthorized testing devices with very high prices through social media. Al-Bader said the MoH informed the Ministry of Interior which arrested the person and referred him to prosecution.

12 new cases
Twelve new cases of the novel coronavirus were discovered in Kuwait within the last 24 hours, bringing the total of infections to 142, said the Health Ministry Wednesday. In a press conference, Health Ministry Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad revealed that out of the 142 in total, 3 recovery cases were also registered, bringing the total to 15. 127 are still receiving treatment, he pointed out. He indicated that there are four cases still in the ICU with one stable and three in critical condition. Some 573 individuals had finished the quarantine period, he affirmed.

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