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Kuwait City, 18th January 2022: 72 Hours Quarantine is not mandatory in Kuwait, iiQ8 info The Council of Ministers agreed to cancel the mandatory 72 hours quarantine for arriving passengers to Kuwait. All arriving passengers will be in quarantine for 7 days after arrival and may end the quarantine after testing negative for a PCR test after arrival at anytime. Earlier the passenger must wait for 72 hours to conduct the PCR test. However the cabinet cancel this condition and the arriving passenger can conduct the PCR immediately after arrival to end quarantine. Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation also informed that the arriving passengers can end the quarantine immediately after conducting a PCR test on arrival. Kuwait’s Cabinet announced on Monday resuming commercial flights with South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi. #KuwaitTimes #KuwaitNews #Kuwait Civil Aviation: #Kuwa…

Kuwait City, 13th January 2022: Kuwait Ministry of Social Affairs issues circular regarding detailing working hours, terms and conditions The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Abdulaziz Shuaib has issued an administrative circular regarding reducing the workforce, implementing flexible working systems, hours and times, and holding meetings, conferences and courses through remote communication. The circular called on all organizational units in the ministry to abide by the following: First: The percentage of workers in a single workplace should not exceed 50%. In the event that any of the organizational units needs to increase the number of workers in accordance with the requirements of the public interest and work conditions, the Administrative Affairs Department must be addressed with justifications and coordination should be done with the Civil Service Commission in this regard. Second: The continuation of people exempting from hours according…

Kuwait City, 13th January 2022: Kuwait - No closing the airport, nurseries, or returning schools “online”, iiQ8 Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Corona Emergencies Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali confirmed in a statement to Al-Rai that “closing the airport, nurseries, or the return of schools for distance education (online) has become a thing of the past.” He said, “We try as much as we can to help the people of Kuwait,” noting that there were difficult recommendations, that were taken to the Corona Committee at the least. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); He stressed that distance education had very big negatives, and we are trying to balance the procedures. He added: My sisters, owners of nurseries, visited me, and God will help them, and there was a recommendation to close nurseries, but the Corona Committee decided to remain open with an …