Saudi Arabia Lifts Coronavirus Travel Restrictions To Different Countries

Saudi Arabia on Monday lifted coronavirus travel restrictions on its citizens travelling to Turkey, India, Ethiopia and Vietnam.

The SPA news agency SPA reported that Saudi Arabia had last month banned its citizens from travelling to 16 countries over the COVID-19 outbreak.

The list included Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus, and Venezuela.

Earlier this month, the country lifted measures imposed to prevent the spread of the virus, including a requirement to wear face masks indoors.

And as to the pilgrimages, due to quotas imposed by Saudi Arabia, countries can only send a certain number of pilgrims every year.

Saudi Arabia will let up to 1 million people join the Hajj pilgrimage this year, after two years of COVID-19 restrictions.

Also, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said in a statement that pilgrims to Mecca this year must be under the age of 65 and fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.