Kuwait: We have good relations with Egypt

CAIRO - 15 March 2020: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Ahmad Nasser Al- Mohammad Al-Sabah denied media rumors claiming that the Egyptian government is exercising pressure on Kuwait to allow Egyptian workers to enter into the Gulf State.

"At a press conference on Saturday, Sheikh Al-Sabah said such claims are groundless, saying Kuwait has good relations with Egypt," the Kuwaiti News Agency KUNA reported.

وزير الخارجية: الكويت علاقتها مع مصر قوية ولديها خصوصيتها

— كـــــــــــونا KUNA (@kuna_ar) March 14, 2020

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced that the number of coronavirus cases rose to 112 people after confirming eight new cases on Sunday.

تعلن ⁧#وزارة_الصحة⁩ عن تأكيد إصابة 8 حالات جديدة ب ⁧#فيروس_كورونا_المستجدّ⁩ COVID19 ليصبح الإجمالي 112 حالةpic.twitter.com/DLdzdAxjlJ

— وزارة الصحة - الكويت (@KUWAIT_MOH) March 15, 2020

Three days ago, the Kuwaiti authorities suspended the international flights from all over the world to the country in response to the virus outbreak.

Coronavirus has forced many countries to suspend their flights around the globe after the infected cases reached 157,483 people and 5,845 deaths were reported to date. On March 10, 2020, the virus was announced a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.

“WHO is deeply concerned by the alarming levels of the coronavirus spread, severity & inaction, & expects to see the number of cases, deaths & affected countries climb even higher. Therefore, we made the assessment that COVID19 can be characterized as a pandemic,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a press conference.