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Jakarta, CNCB Indonesia – The government of Saudi Arabia has stopped international flights as of Sunday (12/20/2020) local time. Not only that, the land and sea routes will also be closed for the next week.
This is related to the new type of corona virus that has emerged in Britain. The virus with the name VUI-202012/01 is said to be spreading faster than the mutations that have existed so far.
“The kingdom has temporarily suspended all international flights, except in exceptional cases, for a period of one week. Which can be extended for another week,” the official said. Saudi Press Agency, quoted from AFP, Monday (12/21/2020).
“Entry to the government by land and sea will also be delayed for a week, which could be extended for another week.”
However, international planes currently in the kingdom will be allowed to leave. However, the passengers who arrived in Arabia since December 8, where Pressure The newly detected were asked to isolate themselves for two weeks.
The ban was also imposed after several European countries banned travel from Britain on Sunday when the British government warned that a new strain of the virus was spreading “out of control.”
Europe previously set a record with total deaths per crown reaching 500,000. Kuwait took similar measures, but specifically for British flights.
Previously, Saudi Arabia had announced that its country had managed to control the Covid-19 pandemic. This is evidenced by the slowdown in daily positive cases in the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula.
Quoted from Arab newsThe weekly map of the Ministry of Health (Kemkes) of confirmed cases of Covid-19 shows that almost the entire kingdom is in a “safe zone”. Where the average number of cases was 50, in recent weeks.
“We are in (the group) of countries with marked control and reduction of cases,” said ministry spokesman Dr. Mohammed Al-Abd Al-Aly during a press conference early last week.
“The kingdom now has more control over the pandemic. This achievement is due to people’s compliance with the actions taken. It is impossible without coordination between the community and the relevant authorities to face this pandemic to guarantee the health and safety of everybody”.
Last week, the Saudis began phase three of the Covid-19 vaccination program. The country is the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Saudi Arabia has so far recorded more than 361,000 cases of the virus with 6,000 deaths, the highest among all Gulf nations. However, the country of King Salman recorded the greatest recovery.
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