NEW DELHI: In a bid to further strengthen the neighbourhood policy, a team of 15 Indian doctors and health-care professionals reached Kuwait on Saturday to supplement the efforts of the Kuwait government in the collective fight against global Covid-19 pandemic.

The medical team is expected to stay in Kuwait for a period of two weeks during which it will render medical assistance in testing and treatment of the afflicted persons and training their personnel, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.

The rapid response team has been deputed at the request of the government of the State of Kuwait.