KUWAIT — Kuwait"s government departments on Sunday resumed to work at full capacity as the health situation in the country is stabilizing following the vaccination campaign. According to the government decision, Kuwait will resume regular official work in all public departments and sectors as of Sunday. A total of 2,668,082 people, or 68.4 percent of the target group in the country, has so far received COVID-19 vaccines, Abdullah Al-Sanad, spokesman of the Ministry of Health, said on Saturday. The vaccination rate of COVID-19 in Kuwait is expected to reach 70 percent by the end of September, the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said, adding that it will help achieve social immunity, which enables people to return to normal life.On July 18, the Kuwait"s health authorities began to vaccinate children aged between 12 and 15 in preparation for the resumption of the school year. In addition, the Ministry of Education has decided to postpone the start of the school year for all students to Oct. 3 instead of September, in response to the proposal of the joint committee with the Ministry of Health to complete the vaccination of all students. On July 26, Kuwait announced the easing of the restrictions that it had imposed earlier to limit the spread of COVID-19, including the opening of all commercial activities except for gathering events, while preventing unvaccinated citizens and expats from entering public places, except for pharmacies, food markets, government institutions and hospitals. Meanwhile, Kuwait International Airport began on Aug. 1 to receive vaccinated expats after months of entry ban. In June 2020, Kuwaiti government suspended the work of part of its civil servants, including the pregnant, the disabled, and patients with heart disease, kidney failure, and cancer, as part of efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. — Agencies