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KUWAIT CITY, Dec 29, (Agencies): The Cabinet held its weekly session Monday, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Sabah.
After the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said that Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah briefed the meeting on latest development concerning COVID-19 in Kuwait. The Minister voiced content over the general status of the pandemic in the country, deeming it “stable” based on declining figures in new contamination and fatality rates.
Sheikh Dr Al-Sabah also underlined that the decision to suspend commercial flights and land travelling is still valid until January 1, 2021; with traffic in all ports & border crossings resuming the day after the aforementioned date. He fortunately noted that no mutant COVID-19 strains were detected thus far, as well as not detecting any side effects since the trial launch of vaccination campaign last Thursday.
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Health ministry successful during pandemic despite challenges
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah said his ministry has been successful in providing adequate healthcare to the public in spite of the many challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Laws on medical practices and related professions and the rights of patients and healthcare facilities are other important achievements, the minister said at a public government briefing.
He referred to a separate law on mental health, which aims to protect the medical and human rights of the psychiatric patient, and gives healthcare professionals the right to intervene to prevent the patient from inflicting potential danger to themselves or society. This law addresses the matters of confidentiality and examination and evaluation procedures for entering the healthcare facility along with the conditions for their stay, he explained. This is important, the minister said, because it targets the matter of families
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