Expatriates will now have to pay a fee of KD 10 when receiving treatment at public hospitals, the health ministry said yesterday. The measure aims to ease congestion at public hospitals, while allowing government-run clinics to take in more patients, the ministry said in a statement. But informed sources said the health ministry plans to limit treatment in government hospitals only to Kuwaitis, and expats should go to private hospitals or health insurance hospitals.

The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced on Tuesday completion of the process of providing all local banks with new Kuwaiti currency notes of various denominations to meet the needs of citizens and residents on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr.

Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh said the administrative decision which banned the issuance of work permits to foreigners holding diplomas and who are less than 30 years has been cancelled, reports Al-Jarida daily.

Kuwait's Ministry of Education said Friday it would announce the results of the final examinations of the high schools on Monday, June 4, at most.

The Saudi General Authority of Meteorology and Environment Protection (GAMEP) said the latest satellite images show that the tropical cyclone Mekunu in the Arabian Sea became a second-class cyclone and is expected to move north to northwest in the early hours of Saturday.

Kuwaiti citizens in Oman have been advised against impact of the incoming storm Mekunu which has reportedly wreaked havoc on the Yemeni island Socotra in the Arabian Sea.

The Public Authority for Manpower said the decision to stop the recruitment of qualified expatriates — those who hold high qualifications including university graduates and are below 30 years old — is good and will be implemented in early July.

The virus can cause flu-like symptoms and brain damage, and the outbreak has already killed 10 people in southern India, with at least nine more being treated, officials said.

A 22-year-old Kuwaiti has been ordered to evict an apartment from a residential building in Salwa for holding what the authorities said ‘fun parties’ at dawn during the Holy Month of Ramadan, reports Al-Anba daily.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah urged on Wednesday the interior ministry to double efforts to curb crimes and negative phenomena in the society.