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Saudi Arabia Bans Travel to 16 Countries

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Saudi Arabia Bans Travel to 16 Countries
23 May 2022
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Saudi Arabia has barred its people from going to sixteen countries, including India, following the re-emergence of Covid-19 and the rapid increase in the number of daily Covid infections over the past few weeks.

Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus, and Venezuela are among the sixteen countries that Saudi Arabian residents are prohibited from travelling, according to Gulf News.

Furthermore, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health has assured the public that no cases of monkeypox have been identified in the nation. According to Abdullah Asiri, the Kingdom's Deputy Minister of Health for Preventive Health, the Kingdom has the ability to monitor and detect any potential monkeypox cases, as well as fight the virus if a new case occurs.

"Until now, cases of transmission between humans are very limited, and therefore the possibility of any outbreaks occurring from it, even in countries that have detected cases, are very low," he added.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 80 cases of monkeypox in 11 countries and is seeking to better understand the outbreak's scope and source.