Kuwait extends curfew time to curb spread of COVID-19
Kuwait City/Xinhua/UNI: The Kuwaiti government has decided to extend the curfew time by three hours as part of the efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, the government spokesman said Monday.
The curfew will be imposed from 4 pm to 8 am starting April 24, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, Tareq Al-Mezrem said at a press conference.
In addition, the Kuwaiti government also decided to extend to May 28 the national holiday, which was originally scheduled to end on April 26, he added.
Kuwait on Monday reported 80 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths, bringing the total infections to 1,995 and death toll to nine, the health ministry said in a statement.
On March 22, the Kuwaiti government decided to impose a nationwide curfew.
On March 13, Kuwait suspended all commercial flights. The government also decided to close stores, malls and barbershops.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
