Flights to Saudi Arabia resume as kingdom ends temporary travel ban 

Flights to Saudi Arabia resume as kingdom ends temporary travel ban 

Flights to Saudi Arabia resume as kingdom ends temporary travel ban 

Flights to Saudi Arabia resume as kingdom ends temporary travel ban 

Flights to Saudi Arabia resume as kingdom ends temporary travel ban 

Saudi passengers arrive King Fahad International Airport in the capital Riyadh on May 31, 2020. (AFP/File)

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Flights to Saudi Arabia resume as kingdom ends temporary travel ban 

Suspension of entry into the kingdom by land and sea has also been lifted

Travel ban was imposed in December, after new COVID-19 strain was detected in a number of countries

Updated 03 January 2021

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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has lifted the temporary travel ban imposed last December as a precautionary measure following the detection of a mutated type of Covid-19 in a number of countries, the Ministry of Interior said early Sunday.

Entry into the Kingdom by air, land and sea will resume at 11 a.m. Sunday, the ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

Some restrictions including asking non-Saudis coming from the UK, South Africa, and other countries where the Covid-19 variant had been detected, to stay at least 14 days out of these countries before entering the Kingdom.

Saudi citizens who are allowed to enter for humanitarian and essential cases, coming from