COVID-19 Updates

Kuwait City, 21st May, 2022: #COVID: North Korea reports over 200,000 cases for 5th day Country of 25 million has refused outside help and kept borders shut North Korea reported more than 200,000 new patients suffering from fever for a fifth consecutive day as the country fights its first confirmed coronavirus outbreak, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said on Saturday, citing the North’s state broadcaster. The ongoing COVID wave, declared last week, has fuelled concerns over a lack of vaccines, inadequate medical infrastructure and a potential food crisis in the country of 25 million that has refused outside help and kept its borders shut. At least 219,030 people showed fever symptoms as of Friday evening, taking the total number of such cases to 2,460,640, the official Korean Central Television (KCTV) reported citing data from the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, according to Yonhap. The death toll rose by one to 66. Yonhap did not specify…

Kuwait City, 9th May 2022: Kuwait Vaccination Centers to work one shift only, iiQ8 MoH   The Ministry of Health, Kuwait announced working hours of the COVID-19 vaccination centers on its website for Mishref exhibition grounds and the Jleeb Youth Center from Sunday to Thursday 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Working hours at the vaccination center at Jaber Bridge will be from Sunday to Thursday from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Working hours in health care centers will be from 3:00 PM 9:00 PM, in Sheikha Fattouh Al-Salman health centers in the Sharq region and in the Siddiq, Omariya, Al-Masayel and Al-Naeem centers.   وزارة الصحة - الكويت - @KUWAIT_MOH مواعيد العمل في مراكز ومواقع تطعيم كوفيد-19. Working hours of COVID-19 vaccination centers and sites. #Kuwait’s Health Ministry announced the updated operation hours at #COVID19 vaccination centers as follows: Kuwait Internat…

Kuwait City, 28th April 2022: New COVID-19 Rules in Kuwait, No PCR, Scraps Vaccination #Kuwait scraps vaccination, PCR restrictions on incoming travellers starting from May 1 #Kuwait Cabinet on Wednesday decided to revoke all anti-coronavirus vaccination & PCR testing restrictions on incoming travellers. ◾️Facemask-wearing at indoor & outdoor places would be optional, but symptomatic #Covid19 patients must wear masks. ◾️All vaccinated & unvaccinated people would be given access to all public places regardless of their vaccination status & PCR tests would be no longer mandatory at educational institutions & workplaces. ◾️Cancelled quarantine restrictions on those who may have close contact with Covid19 patients, but they have to put on facemasks for 14 days & get PCR tests within 14 days of the contact. ◾️Decided to oblige patients to be home-quarantined for 5 days & put on masks for 5 more days after the end of home quarantine, unvac…

Kuwait City, 18th April, 2022: Kuwait Launches Immunity Passport Service, iiQ8 COVID-19 COVID-19: #Kuwait launches immunity passport service Service aims to confirm medical status of people who have received required vaccine doses Kuwait’s Ministry of Health said a joint database system will be connected with the Ministry of Interior in order to update the passport data through the 'Immune' app. The immunity passport service aims to confirm that a person has received all doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, making them immune to the coronavirus. Ahmad Al Ghareeb, Director of the ministry’s undersecretary office, said this update will only apply to the recently issued passports starting from April 13, while those whose passports were issued before April 13 are required to update their data at the COVID-19 vaccination centre located in Mishref during working hours. “All passports issued on April 13 and later will be updated with the status of immunity for those who re…

Kuwait City, 18th April 2022: MOH, MOI joint data base system (Immune) eases passport-updating process #Kuwait #ImmuneApp #Vaccination #Passport Automated linking between the Ministries of Health and the interior To update the passport number in the immunity application and the vaccination certificate when renewing it #CGCKuwait KUWAIT, April 17: The ministry of Health announced Sunday that a joint data base system will be connected with the Ministry of Interior, in order to update the passport number through “Immune” application and for the vaccination certificate to be valid. A press statement by the Director of the Undersecretary office of the MOH Ahmad Al-Ghareeb, said this update will only apply to recently issued passports proceeding April 13. For those who have issued passports beforehand, are required to update their data at the COVID-19 Vaccination Center located in Mishref during working hours. (KUNA) مركز التواصل الحكومي …

Kuwait City, 17th April 2022: How to update Update passport number in Vaccination certificate via MoH WhatsApp ? The Ministry of Health has called on citizens and residents who renewed their passports to contact the WhatsApp Number 24971010 to update their data on vaccination certificates. Citizen and residents can send their request to update the passport number on vaccination certificate by sending a copy of the new passport, copies of the vaccination certificates from the Immune application, and sent to the above WhatsApp number, without the need to go to the vaccination center in Mishref, where the vaccination certificate data is modified with the new passport number within a short period of time. Authorities informed that the passport number in the vaccination certificate must matches the passport and it is necessary for entry to some countries. What is WhatsApp Number to update Passport in Vaccine Certificate ? WhatsApp Number 24971010 to update their da…

Kuwait City, 15th April 2022: 2 New Omicron Subvariants, BA.2.12 & BA.2.12.1, Are Rising Cases In New York Two New Omicron Subvariants, BA.2.12 & BA.2.12.1, Are Fueling Rising Covid Cases In New York At present there are a number of Omicron sub-lineages we’re following closely, including BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5 and another recombinant detected, made up of BA.1 and BA.2,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today. That recombinant is called XE and, until today was the newest more-transmissible variant raising concern. Now there are subvariants BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1. The New York State Department of Public Health today announced the rapid rise of two new Omicron subvariants in the state, dubbed BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1. They are sublineages of the BA.2 variant, and thought to have a 23%–27% growth advantage over BA.2, which itself had an estimated 30% growth advantage over the original Omicron. 9 Days Holidays For Eid Al-Fitr, iiQ8 info …

Kuwait City, 4th April 2022: 'New mutant more transmissible than #Omicron sub-variant' A new COVID mutant ‘XE’ has been found in the UK, the World Health Organisation has said in its latest report and noted that it may be more transmissible than the BA.2 sublineage of Covid-19. XE is recombinant of Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 sublineages of Covid-19. “The XE recombinant (BA.1-BA.2), was first detected in the United Kingdom on January 19 and >600 sequences have been reported and confirmed since,” the WHO said. “Early-day estimates indicate a community growth rate advantage of ~10 per cent as compared to BA.2, however this finding requires further confirmation. XE belongs to the Omicron variant until significant differences in transmission and disease characteristics, including severity, may be reported,” it added. The United Kingdom has reported 637 cases of XE and experts said it has shown a variable growth rate. According to UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), its…