Riyadh, 28th December: With the rising fear of a new variant of coronavirus worldwide, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has extended the entry ban.
Baaghi TV: Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has extended a ban on entry to the kingdom by air, land and sea for another week amid concerns over a fast-spreading variant of the new coronavirus, the state news agency SPA reported on Monday.
Earlier, on 21st December, Saudi Arabia had shut its borders and suspended the international commercial flights on a rolling weekly basis although foreign flights in the country were already allowed to leave.
SPA reported that the ministry said it is evaluating the situation while allowing non-citizens to leave the kingdom and allowing entry for exceptional cases.
However, the following measures do not affect the movement of goods.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) had also halted all its flights scheduled to Saudi Arabia since Dec 21. PIA spokesman Abdullah Khan had said all affected passengers would be accommodated at the earliest upon flight restoration.
As per reports, PIA is resuming its commercial flights to Saudi Arabia today to bring back stranded Pakistanis after Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation allowed non-Saudis to leave the kingdom and permitted foreign airlines to operate flights for the purpose.
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