Against the background of the emergence of a new strain of "Corona"

Air suspension and border closures in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait

Saudi Arabia decided to suspend all international flights for travelers and enter through the land and sea ports for a week.

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decided to suspend all international flights for travelers, and enter through land and sea ports for a period of one week, which can be extended for another week, and the Sultanate of Oman announced yesterday that it will suspend flights and close its land and sea borders, starting today for a period of one week, against the background of the emergence of a new strain. From the new Corona virus, Kuwait has also suspended commercial aviation, and closed land and sea border crossings.

An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Interior said, in a statement issued the night before last, that the decision was taken based on what the Ministry of Health raised about the spread of a new mutated type of the emerging corona virus (Covid 19), in a number of countries, and until medical information about the nature of this virus becomes clear, Desiring to take urgent measures to protect the public health of citizens and residents, and to ensure their safety, the Kingdom's government decided to take several precautionary measures.

He added that the procedures include suspending all international flights for travelers, except in exceptional cases, temporarily for a period of one week, which can be extended for another week, with the exception of foreign flights currently in the territory of the Kingdom, so they are allowed to leave, in addition to temporarily suspending entry to the Kingdom through the land and sea ports for a period of time. One week, which can be extended for another week.

The source indicated that everyone who returned from one of the European countries, or from any country where the epidemic appeared, as determined by the Ministry of Health, as of the date of December 8 this year, the necessity of home isolation for a period of two weeks, starting from the date of his arrival to the Kingdom, and conduct a virus examination The new Corona (Covid-19), during his isolation period, with repeated examination every five days, adding that everyone who returned from a European country or passed through it or any country where the epidemic appeared - during the past three months - must conduct a Corona virus examination Newcomer (Covid-19).

He explained that he is excluded from the reported movement of goods, commodities and supply chains from countries where the mutated virus has not appeared, as determined by the Ministry of Health in coordination with the Ministry of Transport, indicating that these procedures will be reviewed in light of the developments related to the pandemic, and what is received from the Ministry of Health .

In the same context, the Oman News Agency said, "It was decided (yesterday) to prevent entry to and exit from the Sultanate, through various land, air and sea ports, starting at one o'clock (today) Tuesday, December 22, 2020, for a period of one week."

According to the agency, the decision comes "based on what the authorities announced in a number of countries, regarding the emergence of a new strain of Corona virus (Covid-19), and protection for members of society from the severity of its infection and the speed of its spread."

The statement added that "planes, cargo ships and trucks" will be excluded, while the committee in charge of following up the epidemic situation "will continue to follow the epidemiological situation of the new strain of Coronavirus, and take appropriate decisions accordingly."

So far, the Sultanate has recorded more than 127,000 HIV infections and 1,489 deaths.

And in recent weeks, a new strain of Corona virus began to spread in the United Kingdom.

Cases have also been recorded outside British territory, including: Denmark, the Netherlands, and Australia.

Yesterday, the official spokesman of the Kuwaiti government, Tariq Al-Muzrim, announced the suspension of commercial flights to and from Kuwait International Airport, and the closure of land and sea border crossings.

Al-Muzrim said, in a press statement, that this decision will be implemented from 11:00 pm yesterday, until the end of Friday, the first of next January.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Health called on all those coming from the European Union or the United Kingdom to the State of Kuwait, during the period from 11 to 21 December, for the necessity to perform a "pcr" examination on the fifth and tenth days from the date of arrival, in the Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital quarry. For the period specified by the Ministry, which is between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

The Ministry stressed the need to bring proof of the arrival date, during the aforementioned period, noting that the decision includes residents and citizens.

• The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health called on those coming from the European Union, or the United Kingdom, to have a "pcr" test.

• Saudi Arabia excludes the movement of goods, commodities, and supply chains from countries where the mutated virus did not appear.

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