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Saudi Arabia lifts entry ban imposed over new virus strain

| Updated: January 04, 2021 11:20:52


A security woman checks the temperature of a woman at Riyadh International Airport, after Saudi Arabia reopened domestic flights, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 31, 2020 — Reuters/Files A security woman checks the temperature of a woman at Riyadh International Airport, after Saudi Arabia reopened domestic flights, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 31, 2020 — Reuters/Files

Saudi Arabia said that entry to the kingdom by sea, land and air will be resumed starting Sunday after a ban that lasted two weeks amid fears of a new coronavirus variant, the state news agency reported on Sunday.

A ministry of interior official 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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