Kuwait: Kuwait International Airport Chief Operating Officer Saleh Al Fadaghi revealed to Al Jarida that they had submitted a proposal to the Supreme Committee to finalize the ban and apply a mandatory 14-day institutional quarantine to Kuwait.
Al-Fadaghi added that if the proposal were accepted, it would require the coordination of 3 entities: the General Administration of Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Interior.
In addition, Al Fadaghi noted that citizens of the 34 banned countries are quarantined in neighbouring countries, which has posed obstacles for many.
This is not the first proposal the airport has submitted to the government. Last month, the Minister of Health won a similar proposal calling on the government to allow travelers arriving from 34 countries that are prohibited from quarantine in services in Kuwait than abroad.
The proposal comes after the government learned that many expats were quarantined for 14 days in neighboring Gulf countries before arriving in Kuwait.
The travel ban does not imply nationality, but is based on the fact that a user has traveled or visited a “high risk” country. Nationals of banned countries would possibly enter Kuwait, but will have to be quarantined for 14 days in one country before reaching Kuwait.
Many agencies have benefited from the ban and are promoting packages for those wishing to return to Kuwait. Package includes: flights, accommodation for 14 days in an unauthorized country, visa fees, PCR verification and other fitness prices if necessary across the country.
The average value of a package is about three hundred Kuwaiti dinars depending on the traveler.
More than two months have passed since Kuwait imposed a ban in several countries that the government considered “high risk”.
The ban was first announced on August 1, hours after the Kuwait airport resumed advertisementArray and originally affected 31 countries. Then, in August, Afghanistan was added to the list.
Currently, the ban is imposed on 34 countries, after the government added France, Argentina and Yemen to the list and got rid of Singapore.
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