Kuwait offering free COVID-19 test for all: Health ministry – Saudi Gazette

Kuwait offering free COVID-19 test for all: Health ministry – Saudi Gazette

Saudi Gazette report

KUWAIT CITY “”

Kuwait's health ministry said on Thursday that all government-run hospitals are providing coronavirus diagnostic tests free of charge, for citizens and expatriates alike, as part of its efforts to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country.

All medical facilities running PCR tests have been properly accredited as per guidelines issued by the World Health Organisation, the ministry said in a statement carried by Kuwait News Agency.Kuwait has ramped up its coronavirus testing and contact tracing in a bid to accurately assess the transmission rate, which in turn, would lead to large-scale research on demographic variables related to the spread of the contagion, according to a ministry statement.As for private hospitals, the ministry is keeping a watchful eye as it seeks to clamp down on any price gouging, making sure that these facilities offer the tests at a fixed rate nationwide, the statement said.The statement highlighted that the ministry would take decisive action against any effort to "cash in at such times of certainty“, including bumping up prices and other nefarious doings.