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The Kuwaiti government weekly meeting KUWAIT, May 3 (KUNA) -- The Kuwaiti government on Monday during its weekly meeting declared a travel ban on Kuwaitis, and their first-degree relatives and domestic helpers as of May 22 if they do not receive anti-coronavirus vaccine set by the Ministry of Health. This came during a meeting held at Seif Palace, under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, said Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet ...

LONDON: Kuwaiti citizens who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 will not be able to travel abroad from May 22, the information ministry said on Monday. A decision was taken “not to allow citizens and their companions who are first-degree relatives and domestic workers to travel outside the country unless they have been immunized from the coronavirus,” the ministry said.  The ban does not include people in age groups not eligible to receive vaccinations against the coronavirus. A pre...

Messenger KUWAIT CITY, May 2: The eight sites devoted to establishing workers’ cities in Jahra and Al Ahmadi are now under the custody of the two specialized committees of the Municipal Council. The head of the Municipal Council, Eng Osama Al-Otaibi said the Kuwait Municipality’s approval of 8 workers’ city sites will come up for discussion in the first upcoming main meeting. The Director-General of the Municipality, Eng. Ahmed Al-Manfouhi, stated the technical committee has approved the ...

Huge shortage of manpower in agricultural sector KUWAIT CITY, May 2: While the exceptional decisions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic are still in effect in the country including preventing non- Kuwaitis from entering the country, business sectors are being severely affected. Besides the bleeding of losses, there is a flagrant shortage of manpower, reports Al-Qabas daily. According to official sources, business owners have repeatedly demanded the relevant government agencies to allow the entry ...

Messenger KUWAIT CITY, May 2: The Ministry of Education is preparing to announce the vacancies in the Public Education Sector for non-Kuwaiti teachers who will be contracted locally to fill the shortage of teachers in the 2021/2022 academic year, reports Al-Anba daily quoting informed educational sources. They revealed that the administrative sector will announce the start of the application process immediately after Eid Al-Fitr through the ministry’s website, indicating that teachers for eig...

Curfew violators hit checkpoint KUWAIT CITY, May 2: A jeep overturned on the Wafra Road which resulted in the death of two Kuwaitis believed to be 16 and 17 years old. The accident also caused injury to three others two of whom are in critical condition. The corpses of the two victims have been transferred to the Forensic medicine and a case has been recorded at the area police station. According to a security source, when the Operations Room of the Ministry of Interior received a report on the...

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Kuwaiti government on Friday allowed the return of 179 expats stranded abroad due to a flight ban imposed in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Kuwait City: On Friday, Kuwait Airways announced on their official Twitter account that they will be resuming flights to London as of May 5. According to the Twitter post, one flight is scheduled for the 5th but sources revealed that there will be regular flights after the date. Flights were suspended between Kuwait and London on 20 December 2020 after Kuwait announced it will be closing the airport for two weeks. Since then, flights have not resumed. As for British Airways, flights have been s...

Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the request of the Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Issa Al Kandari, to allow the return of 179 expats stuck abroad due to flight restrictions caused by the pandemic, local media reported. While the government allowed for the return of employees contracted by the ministry, it stated that passengers coming directly from India are barred from entering as per the government’s decision to suspend all commercial flights between I...