Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia extends travel bans to Pakistan and India, suspends flights

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia extends travel bans to Pakistan and India, suspends flights

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has declared to suspend flights to a few nations including Pakistan and India to forestall coronavirus spread, subsequent to declaring 24 new cases medium-term to carry its aggregate to 45, state media gave an account of Thursday. 

The Saudi government has briefly suspended travel of residents and occupants and ended flights with a few states due to coronavirus fears, state news organization SPA said on Thursday refering to an official source at Interior Ministry. 

The choice incorporates the European Union, Switzerland, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, and Somalia, source included, saying the Kingdom likewise suspended section to those originating from these nations, revealed Reuters. 

Residents and inhabitants in the influenced purviews have 72 hours to come back to the realm, state news office SPA stated, refering to an official source at the Interior Ministry. 

Saudi Arabia additionally suspended traveler traffic through all land intersections with Jordan, while business and payload traffic is still permitted, and the entry of outstanding philanthropic cases. 

The choice prohibits wellbeing laborers in the Kingdom from Philippines and India, and clearing, sending and exchange trips avoiding potential risk. Saudi Arabia has 45 coronavirus cases. 

The realm had just prohibited travel to around 19 nations, including neighboring Arab states, and said it would force a fine of up to 500,000 riyals (Dh 24700) on individuals who didn't reveal wellbeing data and travel subtleties at section focuses. 

Other preventive measures incorporate securing the oil-creating locale of Qatif, where a significant number of its cases are focused, suspending the Umrah journey, shutting schools and films across the country, dropping gatherings and games, and deferring a G20 clerical gathering planned for one week from now. 

Saudi Arabia has just restricted residents and inhabitants from performing journey in Mecca over feelings of trepidation of coronavirus 

The uncommon advance by the realm, which has Islam's holiest destinations, develops limitations presented a week ago for Muslim pioneers from abroad making a similar strict outings and restricting the passage of sightseers. 

Over the Mideast, by far most of the 9,700 individuals who have gotten the coronavirus are in hard-hit Iran or had as of late came back from that point.