Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Government Saudi Arabia threatens to ban its citizens for three years if caught traveling to red-listed countries, including Indonesia.
“Anyone found to be involved (traveling) will be held accountable and severely punished upon their return, and will be banned from traveling for three years,” said an official at the Saudi Interior Ministry.
As reported Reuters, Indonesia is one of the countries included in the red list along with Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam, and the United Arab Emirates.
The Saudi Ministry of Home Affairs official stated that his party took this decision after finding that a number of citizens who had the privilege to travel during the pandemic had violated these rules.
“The Ministry of Home Affairs stressed that nationals are still prohibited from traveling directly or through other countries to this country or other countries that have not yet brought the pandemic under control or where a new variant has spread,” the official said.
Saudi Arabia is continuing to tighten border rules to reduce the rate of transmission of Covid-19 in the country.
The implementation of these strict rules is considered successful in suppressing the transmission of the corona virus in the country. Covid-19 cases in Saudi Tuesday (27/7), for example, were recorded at 1,379, lower than the daily average in June 2020 which reached 4,000.
Saudi Arabia is increasingly tightening its health protocol rules when they hold the Hajj and ahead of Umrah.
This year, Saudi Arabia held a special pilgrimage for locals and expatriates. However, they have started performing Umrah for international pilgrims this year.
So far, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Saudi Arabia has reached 520,774 with a death toll of 8,189.
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