KUWAIT CITY, Jan 30: Kuwait has taken strict measures against deadly coronavirus specially those arriving from Asian countries at Kuwait International Airport. The General Administration of Civil Aviation continues strict health security plan to deal with travelers specially coming in from China and East Asia. A decision to deny entry to any Chinese who visited China in past twoo weeks to China even if he has a valid residence permit reports Al Rai.

The decision issued by the General Administration of Civil Aviation states that anyone who holds any of the nationalities of China and Hong Kong is forbidden to enter Kuwait, and also forbids entry to all nationalities who were present in the Republic of China and Hong Kong during the past two weeks, This is to preserve the health security of the country until further notice.

Sources said several steps are taken, since the passenger has access to the thermal camera rays, to monitor the temperature of all travelers, especially those from China and East Asian passengers, where they are checked, by passing in front of the camera, and then entering the clinic to check each passenger separately, and check on its temperature , And free of any symptoms indicating that he was infected with the virus, and then allowed to enter the country.

A source at the airport clinic of the Ministry of Health revealed that since the ministry took its steps and installed thermal cameras, "we have not detected any injury or suspicion with travelers."

He talked about the mechanism of work, saying, “The traveler whose temperature is high is transferred to the clinic as a precaution. After examining and showing the correct result, he is given a paper that he is healthy. As for the suspect, he is quarantined and transferred to communicable diseases, but so far we have not monitored No case has been detected of a passenger traveling to Kuwait suspected of carrying the virus.