03 Mar 2020 - 18:11
Kuwait's civil aviation authority said on Tuesday passengers from 10 countries including India, Turkey and Egypt must produce certificates issued by the Kuwaiti embassy in their country saying they are coronavirus free.
The ten countries are Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Egypt, Syria, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Georgia and Lebanon.
The measure will come into force from March 8, Sunday.
If there is no Kuwait embassy in the country, then it should be from the Certified Authority of the country.
The citizens of Kuwait are exempt from this.
Passengers who do not provide the certificates will not be allowed into Kuwait, the aviation authority said on Twitter.
(input from Reuters)
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