KUWAIT CITY, Jun 7 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait launched yesterday, free PCR tests for unvaccinated students of Grade 12, to ensure their safety during the upcoming school exams next week.
Kuwait’s Ministry of Education said, in a press statement that, this measure comes in cooperation with the Ministry of Health (MoH) on Sunday and Monday (today), from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. local time, in a number of schools in each educational area in the country.
The statement said that the move aims to ensure the highest standards of health and safety for the students, and to reduce the risks of COVID-19 infection.
Students taking the school exams will require a presentation of the vaccination certificate, issued by MoH, or negative result of PCR test, it said.
Any student who suffers from COVID-19 infection, or has contact with the infected, should not come to school for the exams, it added.– NNN-KUNA
