Saudi Arabia closed land borders for a week and suspended flights due to the risk of a new strain of coronavirus, first reported in the UK. This was reported by the SPA agency citing MIA country.
“The Kingdom’s authorities have decided to temporarily suspend all international flights except in emergency cases for one week with the possibility of extending the ban for another week,” the source said. It is also noted that already arrived flights will be allowed to leave the country. The bans will not apply to freight traffic.
In addition, Saudi Arabia has established a two-week quarantine for those returning from European countries, and those who have traveled abroad in the past three months will need to take a coronavirus test.
The mutated virus has already detected patients in the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia and Italy … According to experts, it is still impossible to talk about its greater danger and reduced susceptibility to vaccines.
On December 14, UK Health Minister Matthew Hancock reported that a a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 that spreads faster than the original form. The virus is more easily transmitted from person to person and therefore more contagious, he said.