Kuwait encourages citizens to leave UK due to surge in Omicron cases - GulfToday

Kuwait encourages citizens to leave UK due to surge in Omicron cases

  • 02 Jan 2022
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The Kuwait embassy urges the citizens to call the hot line 02075902400 in case of emergency.

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The Kuwait embassy in the United Kingdom has encouraged its citizens to leave the country due to a "significant and unprecedented" increase in Omicron cases there, the state news agency (Kuna) reported on Sunday.

Kuwait embassy also called on citizens to stick with Kuwaiti foreign ministry's recommendations to postpone coming to the UK due to mounting Omicron cases.

KUNA quoted a statement of the embassy, which advised Kuwaiti citizens in the UK to return home as a result of strong acceleration of Omicron cases' spread daily, which may lead to partial or total lockdown.

The embassy urged the citizens to call the hot line 02075902400 in case of emergency.

The daily number of new COVID-19 infections across Britain rose to a record 189,846 on Friday, far higher than during previous peaks.

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