Xinhua News Agency, Kuwait City, November 27th (Reporter Wang Wei and Nie Yunpeng) The Kuwaiti government announced on the 27th that it will suspend commercial direct flights with 9 African countries including South Africa to prevent South Africa and other countries from reporting new variants of the new coronavirus. enter.
The Kuwaiti government said in a statement that night that in order to prevent the importation of new variant strains of the new crown virus, it will suspend operations with South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia and Malawi from the 28th. Commercial direct flights to 9 African countries, with the exception of cargo planes.
The statement stated that non-Kuwaiti nationals who fly directly from these countries or go to Kuwait via a third country will be barred from entering the country unless they stay in the third country for at least 14 days before entering the country; Kuwaiti nationals returning to Kuwait from these countries must be quarantined after entry. 7 days, and the new coronavirus nucleic acid test will be carried out at the time of entry and on the sixth day of entry.
The Kuwaiti government also calls on its citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to the aforementioned countries at this stage.
Some countries, including South Africa, have recently reported a new variant of the new coronavirus strain B.1.1.529. The World Health Organization on the 26th listed it as a variant strain that needs attention, with the Greek letter “Omi Keron”. (Ο) Naming.
In order to prevent the entry and spread of this new strain, many countries have imposed entry restrictions on flights and passengers in southern Africa and upgraded prevention and control measures.