Kuwaiti influencer faces investigation for promoting 'coronavirus test'

CAIRO: Kuwaiti social media influencer Fouz Al-Fahad has been referred to the public prosecutor after promoting to her followers a device she claimed detects the new coronavirus.
Media reports said the Kuwaiti health ministry had referred Al-Fahad to the general prosecution for investigation after she promoted the product on social media.
The influencer shared a video of herself holding the product which she claimed can be used at home to detect the new Covid-19 virus, with an accuracy of 95 percent.
Al-Fahad later deleted the video, and then shared a new story saying she was not promoting the product and did not mention its brand name or price.
Kuwaiti lawyer Bashar Al-Nassar revealed in an interview, news channel Etbilarabi reported that the influencer could face a one-year jail term and could be fined up to 1,000 Kuwaiti dinars in penalty.
“When you show a device and describe its properties, then this is an advertisement for the product, and this is prohibited by the health ministry,” the lawyer said.
The 29-year-old fashion influencer announced last week that she married a Kuwaiti businessman.
But Al-Fahad revealed that a lot of the couple’s plans were abandoned amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“We had a lot of plans prepared that we had to cancel because we have to abide by the country’s laws and, of course, we want everyone’s safety,” she said in a Snapchat video.
In recent weeks, Kuwait has enforced a string of precautionary measures to contain the spread of the infectious disease.

Kuwaiti influencer faces investigation for promoting 'coronavirus test'