OTS - Statement
2020. February 28. 14:20
Budapest, 28 February, 2020 (OTS) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
stated that the competent health authorities in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia are closely following the developments of the spread
of the new the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the Ministry affirms the
keenness of the Kingdom's government through those authorities to
imptement the approved internationaI standards and support the
efforts of countries and international organizations, especially
the World Health Organization, to stop the spread of the virus,
control it and eliminate it.
ln completion of the efforts taken to provide the utmost
protection to the safety of citizens and residents and everyone who
intends to come to the territory of the Kingdom to perform Umrah or
visit the Prophet's Mosque or for the purpose of tourism, and based
on the recommendations of the competent health authorities to apply
the highest precautionary standards, and take proactive preventive
measures to prevent the arrival of the new Coronavirus {COVID-19)
to the Kingdom and its spread, the Kingdom's government has decided
to take the following precautions:
1 - Suspending entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah
and visiting the Prophet's Mosque temporarily.
2- Suspending entry into the Kingdom with tourist visas for
those coming from countries in which the spread of the new
Coronavirus {COVID-19) is a danger, according to the criteria
deterrnined by the competent health authorities in the Kingdom.
3- Suspending the use by Saudi nationals and citizens of Gulf
Cooperation Council states of the national identity card to travel
to and from the Kingdom, except for Saudis who are abroad if their
exit from the Kingdom is with the national identity card, and
citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries currently inside
the Kingdom, and wish to return from it to their countries, in case
that their entry was with the national identity card, in order for
the concerned authorities at the entry points to verify from which
countries visitors came before their arrivaI to the Kingdom;. and
apply health precautions to deal with those coming from those
countries,
The Kingdom affirms that these-procedures are temporary, and is
subject to continuous evaluation by the competent authorities.
The Kingdom renews its support for all international measures
taken to limit the spread of the virus.
The Foreign Ministry calls on citizens not to travel to
countries where the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading.
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