Talal Al-Mutairi, the Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs, said the country has taken many measures to protect citizens and residents since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19).

The statement was made to KUNA during his participation in the fourth Arab regional high-level conference on human rights protection and promotion. According to him, Kuwait's amendment of the preventive health law and economy contributed greatly to reducing the humanitarian and economic effects of the pandemic. The conference discussed the instructions given to the government by the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to assist and protect all segments of society during the pandemic.

Since the conference was an opportunity to recall the efforts made by Arab countries to address Covid-19, Al-Mutairi underscored that the pandemic had negatively affected basic human rights, including the right to live and access to health services. A joint conference between the Arab League and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) was launched today.