Kuwait reports new cases with Indian variant of coronavirus

Nurses await to admit expatriates in a makeshift coronavirus testing center at the Mishref Fair Grounds in Kuwait city, Kuwait. Reuters file photo
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DUBAI: The Kuwaiti Health Ministry announced Monday that it is monitoring some cases in the country that have been infected with the Indian variant of coronavirus. 

Health ministry spokesman Abdullah Al-Sanad said it has been proven that some cases of the coronavirus Delta variant, commonly known as the Indian variant, have been detected in Kuwait, as quoted by state-run news agency KUNA.

The announcement is based on Ministry of Health findings after an ongoing in-depth laboratory review, he said.