Kuwait City: Sixty-two Indian nurses and technicians applying for the Ministry of Health arrived in Kuwait on Tuesday after being stranded outdoors in Kuwait since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Upon arrival, they will have to be quarantined for 7 days out of 14 days after last week’s announcement through the Ministry of Health that it planned to reduce quarantine time for fitness professionals as they want more assistance in combating the virus. returned to Kuwait as part of an organization of 400 registered nurses to enter Kuwait through the Ministry of Health. According to one source who spoke to Al Jarida, the 116 nurses were part of the first group and others would follow.
It is known whether the 62 nurses who arrived on Tuesday were part of the same nurses’ organization that are allowed to return to Kuwait.
Expatriate workers working in the public and personnel sectors were stranded abroad, with no return due to a ban imposed in 34 countries, in addition to India, Egypt, the Philippines and Bangladesh.
A few weeks ago, the Ministry of Health sent a list of names of stranded fitness professionals to the Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send to Kuwait.
There are about 500 doctors, technicians and nurses stranded abroad, who will soon return in cooperation and coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Civil Aviation.
Last month, the ministry announced that some 500 doctors and nurses from Pakistan will arrive in Kuwait in the coming weeks to help in extensive cases, anesthesia and lung disease.
In June, 658 Indian nurses and technicians returned to Kuwait.
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