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Coronavirus Shopping

My New Favorite Supermarket

Yesterday while in the city picking up lunch I decided to pass by Shamiya Co-op to pick up some stuff since it was the close. As I got closer to the entrance I noticed a sign outside in English and Arabic asking me to sanitize my hands and pick up gloves. Once I walked in they had a sanitizer machine for me to use and a basket full of disposable gloves to wear. Everyone shopping had gloves on which was pretty cool since it made me feel a lot more comfortable.

I’m not sure if other Co-ops are doing the same thing but private supermarkets like Sultan, Lulu, and City Center aren’t doing this for sure. Some places like Trolley don’t even have contactless payment yet and require you to still type in your pin code which it the last thing I want to do right now.

If your local co-op has the same setup let me know in the comments.




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Coronavirus Things to do

Nothing to do in Kuwait this Weekend

There obviously aren’t any events taking place this weekend in Kuwait so what is everyone planning to do to pass time over the weekend and the coming two weeks? Video games? Movies? Binge watch 7 seasons of Parks and Recreation?




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Coronavirus Information

Official Coronavirus News Sources in Kuwait

Lots of fake news being shared over WhatsApp and dodgy Instagram accounts so if you want to confirm if anything you’ve gotten is true or not, use the official sources below to cross-check:

Kuwait’s Corona Updates Website

Center For Government Communication
Council of Ministers
Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Kuna
Kuwait Municipality
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Ministry Of Education
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Information
Ministry of Interior




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Coronavirus News

Movie Theaters Closed Down

Yesterday it was announced that in order to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus, movie theaters in Kuwait would be temporarily shut down. I understand the idea behind this, but I think there were more people waiting in line for a burger at Wachamean last night than there were people at the movies. If we’re closing down theaters and schools because it’s this big of a deal, then we should really close down the whole country for two weeks and not just the cinemas.

Note: Just to clarify, I don’t want the country to shut down, quite the opposite, I think businesses are suffering as is.




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Coronavirus Information

Kuwait’s Official Covid-19 Website

The website is currently soft launch phase but still contains a good amount of data. My comments would be that I’d like to see some travel information like which countries are flights restricted from. I’d also like to see a section on temporary measures taken because of the Corona outbreak like how waiters must wear masks and gloves now or how shisha places are temporary not allowed to serve shisha (like is this true for example?). Here is the link.

Thanks Cold2zero