Kuwait eyes herd immunity against COVID-19 by September
Kuwait is likely to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 by next September when the total number of those receiving the jabs will hit 3 million people, according to well-informed sources.
“Reaching this rate will put the country at the threshold of obtaining community immunity, thus paving the way for return to normal life with 65 to 70 per cent vaccinated before the new school year starts in September,” a source said, according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai.
Kuwait expects the number of those vaccinated to reach 2 million in the next few weeks.
Over 60,000 workers at cooperatives, mosques, the banking sector, food factories and cinemas have already been inoculated against COVID-19, the sources said.
The sources hoped that all workers at restaurants and catering companies, who have already registered for the vaccination, will get the shots during the Eid Al Fitr holiday to clear the way for the full resumption of those businesses after the Eid.
