Kuwait: Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday extended a ban on entry of non-Kuwaiti travelers to the country until further notice.
Based on the state health authorities' instructions and after evaluating the global coronavirus situation, the suspension of the entry of non-Kuwaiti passengers into Kuwait will remain effective until further notice, the DGCA
said in a press release.
It added that Kuwaitis; first-degree relatives of Kuwaitis and their accompanied domestic workers; and diplomats, their families and accompanied domestic workers as well as public and private medical staff and their families will continue to enter the country and be subjected to mandatory 14-day quarantine (seven days at one of the approved local hotels and seven days at home), according to (KUNA) news agency.
The DGCA, however, exempted from hotel quarantine the following: Kuwaiti patients and students; unaccompanied minors (under-18-years-old); and diplomats, their families and accompanied domestic workers as well as public and private medical staff and their families.
But they have to quarantine at home for the whole 14 days period, it clarified.
The DGCA stated that all travelers have to register in its 'Kuwait Mosafer' platform.
Those who do not register will not be allowed to board the plane, it warned.
