KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced that the preliminarytests conducted for people coming from Mashhad, Iran have resulted in threecases bearing confirmed results of being infected with the emerging coronavirus(COVID19). The Ministry indicated that the first case is for a Kuwaiti citizenwho is 53 years old, and the second is for a Saudi citizen who is 61 years old,as the health statusof the injured people until now is normal and they did not show any symptoms ofthe disease, while the third case is a 21 year old, nationality not identified.All three cases are under constant observation by the medical staff.
In its statement, the Ministryconfirmed that the Ministry of Health, in coordination with the relevant bodiesand authorities in the country, took the necessary precaution, in accordancewith the scientific recommendations, conditions and standards approved by theWorld Health Organization.
It is worth noting that theMinistry of Health has conducted surveys to detect the virus using approvedviral reagents to detect the Corona virus (COVID19). #KuwaitTimes #Kuwait #News #KuwaitNews #coronavirus