CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: DR. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

World / Gulf

Kuwait extends schools, universities suspension to August 4

Published: 19 Mar 2020 - 08:41 pm | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 12:18 pm
Red Crescent members deliver meals for isolated people following coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Khairan Resort, used as a quarantine centre, in Khairan, Kuwait March 19, 2020. Reuters/Stephanie McGehee

Red Crescent members deliver meals for isolated people following coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at Khairan Resort, used as a quarantine centre, in Khairan, Kuwait March 19, 2020. Reuters/Stephanie McGehee

Reuters

DUBAI: Kuwait has decided to extend a suspension of schools and universities until Aug. 4 due to the coronavirus outbreak, the state news agency KUNA said on Thursday.

The Gulf Arab country is the first among its neighbours to impose such lengthy school and university holidays in efforts to limit the spread of the sometimes deadly disease.