Saudi Arabia Suspends International Flights,…

Saudi Arabia has suspended all
international commercial flights for a renewable week except for the foreign
flights already in the kingdom, which will be allowed to leave. The state news
agency SPA reported quoting an interior ministry source.

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According to the media reports, the
source added that land and seaports’ entrance into the kingdom would also be
suspended for a renewable week. These precautions come after the outbreak of
the new variant of Covid-19 in many countries.

The Government has directed
anybody who has arrived from or traveled through a European country for the
past three months to be urgently tested for COVID-19.

The Ministry added that the
suspension of flight did not impact the country’s freight and supply chain
flights.

These travel restrictions will be
reviewed in compliance with the developments related to coronavirus.

As a result, Emirates Airlines
also suspended all its scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia under the early Monday
measurement. Several flights from many countries to Saudi Arabia have also been
canceled.

Globally, after it had been marked
on the high-risk list of countries infected by the second COVID-19 strain,
Kuwait barred flights from the United Kingdom.

Moreover, many European countries
have placed new travel bans and suspended flights from and to Britain in fear
of the new strain of the virus.

The ban comes after the British Government has confirmed a new, more quickly spreading strain of the COVID-19 virus.