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Kuwait Arrivals must submit an Arabic copy of PCR test Certificate The government, said Al-Mezrem, also allowed limited air travel for citizens with critical health conditions who should travel at their own expense.   Students who must travel to attend their tests will be allowed to do so, he said, as well as citizens who have foreign wife of husband abroad and the trip should be for 30 days minimum. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});   Any person who wants to travel should submit a request for the Ministry of Interior 10 days before the trip, he said, and citizens should pay for their treatment in case of contraction of the virus.   The government compels passengers wishing to come to Kuwait to provide an Arab copy certificate he conducted a PCR test four days before the trip, providing he is clean of the virus, said Al-Mezrem. Source : KUNA 50% Rent slashed for July and August 2020 in Kuwai…

 Kuwait City 18th June, 2020:   Kuwait government decided Thursday to ease restrictions imposed due to curb spread of coronavirus as of Sunday, June 21, but would not allow public sector's workers to return to their offices next week. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The government decided to extend the first phase of a plan to restore normal life because of the high number of infections among the Kuwaiti citizens, Government spokesman Tareq Al-Mezrem told an online news conference. He said the Ministry of Health would be assessing the health situation of the virus and would refer the assessment to the cabinet next week. He added the cabinet assigned the ministers to provide services for the public as of next Sunday. Al-Mezrem said the government also decided to change curfew hours to start at 7:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. starting morning of June 21. He said the government decided to lift a lockdown on areas of Hawally, Nuqra,…

50% Rent slashed for July and August 2020 in Kuwait KUWAIT CITY, 17th June, 2020: The management of Mabanee Company decided to exempt rent for shops in the Avenues Mall by 50% of total rent value for coming July and August after it had exempted them from the full value during March, April, May and June. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The total cost of all discounts for investors in the Avenues will reach about 40 million dinars until the end of next August. The Mabanee confirmed its keenness to support its investors during the period of the Corona Virus pandemic, which still casts its effects on various sectors in all countries of the world, indicating that it had taken a number of new decisions to complement its previous decisions regarding its investors in the Avenues who were unable to carry out their activities due to government measures with the aim of coming together with them and minimizing the harm done to them. Source : …

Hawally shows positive indicator for lifting isolation, followed by Farwaniya & Khaitan KUWAIT CITY, Jun 13: With constant evaluation and check on health conditions in the isolated areas, it appears that the Hawally region has come closest for isolation to be lifted first based on the results achieved with regard to the scale of infection and low percentage of infected people based on daily smear test for coronavirus. Informed sources said that positive indicators are still being achieved in the isolated areas according to the results of the evaluation expected to be submitted to the Minister of Health stating that the Hawally region is at the forefront of the areas that registered positive indicators and indications are strong that isolation will be removed from this area, but the decision remains entirely on subject to what it will produce the latest evaluation results, and the extent to which the numbers and rates of infections have been consistently proven. …

DEPARTURE SOON FOR EXPAT WORKERS TIED TO GOVT CONTRACTS Strict legal procedures if any company refuses or evades its obligations KUWAIT CITY, 13th June, 2020: The emergency and crisis management team of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) has succeeded in completing the departure procedures for about 100 migrant workers who are registered under companies linked to the implementation of government contracts and residing in Mahboula region, following the cancellation of their residence permits due to their fi-nal travel. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); According to official sources from PAM, the team affiliated to the Deputy Director for Labor Protection Sector Affairs Dr. Mubarak Al-Azmi and under the leadership of the Supervisor for Labor Relations Department Ali AI-Dilmani supervised the departure process of the workers.   It started with ensuring the workers received their complete financial dues before they travele…