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KUWAIT, Feb 27 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday urged nationals who are currently abroad to return home.
In light of a statement (made earlier) by Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Minister of Interior calling on citizens to abstain from travelling except for necessities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Kuwaiti nationals who are abroad to return to Kuwait.
The Foreign Ministry said the call was intended to spare them hazards of infection of coronavirus and relieve them of rapid and changing precautions for entry and departure for travelers, undertaken by states as precautions against the virus.
The minister of interior earlier today urged Kuwaitis to refrain from traveling as part of the wide-scale government efforts in the face of coronavirus. (end)
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