The main commission for observing adherence to anti-covid precautions on Wednesday called for firm compliance with the measures against the virus in Kuwait.

There was some slackness in applying the measures against COVID-19 over the past days, leading to mounting casualties due to infection with the contagion, said Dr. Ahmad Al-Mutawaa, a commission member and director of epidemic prevention at the Ministry of Health (MoH).

He was speaking to KUNA as he emerged from a meeting of the committee, headed by the deputy chairperson and Kuwait Municipality Director General Ahmad Al-Manfouhi.

Participants in the meeting affirmed necessity that the commission-affiliated field teams carry out tighter inspection of the shopping malls, stores and various other businesses, Dr. Al-Mutawaa said.

He said unvaccinated people must not be allowed to enter the malls, called for putting on the protective masks correctly, covering the mouth and the nose, in closed places, sterilizing the hands and maintaining social distancing.

Dr. Al-Mutawaa re-affirmed that arriving travellers must operate the application "shlonik," quarantine themselves at home for 72 hours, noting that the quarantined can relieve themselves of the isolation once they get a negative-result PCR.