Following another Covid-19 outbreak, Saudi Arabia has banned citizens from travelling to 16 countries
Medical authorities in Saudi Arabia recorded 621 new cases of Covid-19 on 17 May 2022.
Following the spike in cases, Saudi authorities have banned citizens from travelling to 16 countries considered to pose high risk.
India and Turkey – both popular outbound destinations for Saudi travellers – are among the countries on the list. Saudi Airlines only just resumed commercial flights to Istanbul at the start of May after a hiatus of almost two years due to the pandemic. On the 21 May, the Turkish Ministry of Health recorded 1,264 new Covid-19 infections.
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Saudi Arabia’s Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat) issued the complete list the countries that citizens are prohibited to travel to. They are:
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Russia Al-Bayda
- Somalia
- Syria
- Turkey
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen