End of the suspension of entry of 3 countries, including the United Arab Emirates

An official source from the Saudi Interior Ministry on Tuesday announced the suspension of entry into the Kingdom through land, sea and air ports in the United Arab Emirates, South Africa and Argentina, from 11 am tomorrow Wednesday.

He said it was a reference to what had been previously announced regarding the suspension of travel to and from a number of countries around the world, and based on the continued monitoring of the epidemiological situation at the local and global level, and on the basis of what the competent health authorities have submitted information on the evolution of the emerging pandemic of the Corona virus and the extent of the stability of the epidemiological situation in all countries of the world. 11:00 am on Wednesday 1 Safar 1443 AH corresponding to September 8, 2021 AD, from the following three countries:

– United Arab Emirates.
– Republic of South Africa.
Argentine Republic.

And allow the movement of citizens to the target countries.

The source also stressed the importance of adhering to all precautionary and preventive measures adopted. He explained that all procedures and measures are subject to continuous evaluation by the competent health authorities of the Kingdom, depending on the evolution of the epidemiological situation in the world.

Prior authorization .. and 14 days

On July 3, the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that it would ban citizens from traveling to a number of countries without obtaining prior permission from the authorities concerned.

It was also decided to suspend the entry of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in addition to the Republic of Afghanistan, except for those who remained 14 days outside of these four countries, which are not citizens, as well as all previously announced countries including: Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela, Belarus and India.

Flights with countries banned from travel to and from were suspended and an institutional quarantine was applied to all who came, citizens and others.