Saudi Arabia announces new Covid-19 Travel restrictions for Air, Land and Sea borders

 Saudi Arabia Suspends All International Flights for Travellers, Temporarily for a Week, Extendable by Another Week.

 As per Official sources , the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's government has decided to take the following precautionary measures, due to the spread of new strain of Novel Corona Virus:

First: 

Suspension of international flights for travelers, except in exceptional cases, temporarily for one week, which can be extended for another week.

 The foreign flights that are currently inside the Kingdom, will however be allowed to leave.

Second:

Entry has been suspended in SaudiArabia through land and sea ports temporarily for one week, which can be extended for another week.

Third: 

Anyone who has returned from one of the European countries or any country where the new strain has appeared after 08/12/2020, as determined by the Ministry of Health must adhere to the following:
1- The Individual has to do Home isolation for 14Days, starting from the date of arrival in SaudiArabia
2- He/She should take a COVID-19 test during the isolation period and retake the test every five days.

Fourth: Anyone who has returned from or passed through a European country, or any country where the new strain has appeared, during the past three months, must take a COVID-19 test.

Fifth:

The movement of goods, commodities and supply chains from countries where the new strain of COVID-19 has not appeared are excluded from the above-mentioned measures, as determined by the Ministry of Health in coordination with the Ministry of Transport.

All the above procedures will be reviewed as per the reports from the Ministry of Health, and it will be decided whether to extend the restrictions by one more week.

Source : SPA