Saudi Arabia to lift entry ban related to new coronavirus variant on Sunday

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior announced that it was planning to lift all restrictions on entry and exit of citizens by means of land, sea, and air transport on January 3. move was aimed at relaxing sweeping COVID-19 precautionary procedures in place to stem spre of new UK and South Africa variant. Saudi government is now set to scrap coronavirus-related travel ban that it announced on December 21.  reopening of borders and resuming international air travel dates are yet to be announced officially, according to sources of Saudi Press Agency (SPA). country is now issuing visas following temporary suspension due to pandemic as it plans to de-escalate preventative measures. 

According to a statement by Saudi’s interior ministry, effective January 2021, civil servants, businessmen, those in dire need of medical treatment abro, students, and essential workers will be exempted from all kinds of COVID-19 bans imposed in country. Citizens of Gulf Cooperation Council states will now be allowed to enter and exit  country, effective September 15, 2021, followed by decision to resume Umrah, a pre-pilgrimage ritual, which government now plans to resume for overseas travellers. State press SPA, citing an official source at ministry, reported that kingdom will make a series of relaxation announcements shortly. 

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Opening all ports

In a statement carried by SPA, Saudi Arabia’s ministry of interior reportedly said that dates for halting pandemic related restrictions on citizens traveling to and from Kingdom and decision of opening of all ports across all means of transportation within nation will be announced soon by ministry in a conference. country’s nationals and expatriates h remained exempted from bans imposed to curb newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 strain.

However, in recent relaxation, kingdom urged that travellers coming from high-risk nations such as UK, South Africa and any or country with cases of new variant will have to stay at least 14 days out of se countries, elsewhere, before entering Saudi Arabia.

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