Saudi Arabia postpones end of travel and port restrictions to May 17

Health minister says deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines are being delayed


Reuters January 29, 2021
RIYADH:

Saudi Arabia has postponed the end of a ban on travel for its citizens and the reopening of its ports from March 31 to May 17, the Saudi state news agency SPA said on Friday, citing an interior ministry official.

The health minister has said that deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines are being delayed.

Saudi Arabia had resumed entry to the kingdom by sea, land and air on January 3 after a two-week ban.

A ministry of interior official had said that some restrictions including asking people coming from countries where the new variant spread such as the UK, South Africa and any others, to stay at least 14 days out of these countries before entering the kingdom.

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