Kuwait City: The Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) has announced that passengers from one of the 31 “high risk” countries may enter Kuwait unless they are quarantined in an undated country for 14 days.
In addition, passengers arriving in Kuwait must present a certificate of fitness from one of the approved medical centers, proving that they have tested negative in COVID-19. Verification must be carried out up to 72 hours before departure.
The Directorate-General for Civil Aviation also under pressure that it was banned from Kuwait from countries prohibited in transit.
The resolution does not include Kuwaiti citizens.
State media reported that the flight ban does not affect nationality, but the fact that a user has traveled or visited a “high-risk” country.
On Saturday, the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation announced that passengers from 31 “high-risk” countries cannot enter Kuwait. The announcement was made a few hours after the reopening of Kuwait International Airport to 30% of its capacity. As a result of the announcement, 10,000 airfares were cancelled.
Some of the “high risk” countries include India, Pakistan, Egypt, Philippines, Iran, China, Bangladesh, Brazil, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Bosnia and Herzegovina. , Kosovo.Array Serbia, Montenegro, Peru, Moldova, Singapore, Hong Kong, Panama, Chile and the Dominican Republic.
Kuwait Airport resumed advertising flights on 1 August after postponing them for about five months.
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