Kuwait begins gradual return to normal life May 31 - PM

KUWAIT, May 28 (KUNA) -- Kuwait will begin gradual return to normal life on Sunday, May 31, taking into consideration health, economic and social aspects with main objective of defeating the coronavirus, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said Thursday.
"We adopt a plan for gradual return to normal life, based on experiences of many countries, prepared by experts and specialists," he told an online news conference following a cabinet meeting.
This place, he added, took into consideration health, economic and social aspects, and to gradually open based on health indicators which will show the degree of compliance with health isntructions and to live up to social responsibility." He said "we cannot continue with complete closure and the country should resume operation and to live with this pandemic.
"Today is different than previous months, we learned many lessons and know how this pandemic is easy to spread," added His Highness the Prime Minister, citing collapse of health systems and economies of many countries around the world.
However, he added, the success was compliance with the health instructions.
He added the plan included many policies about social behavior, hygiene, transport and activities in many sectors, as well as taking into account recoveries and infections.
His Highness the Prime Minister acknowledged they did not know how this pandemic would end with no drug or vaccine available.
"We lived harsh experience," he said.
However, the upcoming phase would be a "challenge to the awareness of the society and how to work together against this pandemic to defeat it," he said. (end) bs