SAUDI ARABIA. In an attempt to minimise the COVID-19 outbreak, the Saudi government has this weekend introduced sweeping travel restrictions regarding departures to and arrivals from seven Middle East countries, Italy and South Korea.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation of Saudi Arabia (GACA) announced that with immediate effect Saudi citizens and others living in the Kingdom are prohibited from travelling to the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Italy and South Korea.
Additionally, passengers from any of those countries – or who have visited any of them in the past 14 days – are prohibited from entering the Kingdom.
All flights between Saudi Arabia and the various countries are suspended temporarily.
