KUWAIT
Coronavirus Outbreak: Kuwait Confirms 10 More Cases, Total Reaches 56
Written By Zaini Majeed | Mumbai | Updated On: March 02, 2020 18:00 IST
Kuwait has reportedly announced 10 new cases of the coronavirus as of March 2 soaring the total count to 56, confirmed the Health ministry official at a news conference. The official urged the citizens to avoid large assembly as a precautionary measure to assist the Gulf State in its fight against the spread of the disease.
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NORWAY
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet, FHI) has introduced stricter quarantine rules for healthcare staff.
All people working in the healthcare sector who have travelled to areas with active spread of coronavirus must now remain in home quarantine for 14 days after returning to Norway, media including VG report on Monday.
FHI has said that the new rules are a direct reaction to an increase in infection numbers in Norway during the last few days.
At the time of writing, the number of confirmed cases in the Scandinavian country is 19. That includes 5 people who work at the Ophthalmology department at Ullevål Hospital in Oslo.
A health worker infected with the virus worked at the department last week after getting infected in northern Italy.