KSA bans citizens from travelling to 16 countries
Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from travelling to 16 countries following the re-outbreak of Covid-19. These include Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus and Venezuela. The ban comes following a steady increase in the number of daily Covid-19 infections over the past few weeks. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has ensured the public that it has not detected any cases of monkeypox in Saudi Arabia yet, Al Arabiya reported. Dr Abdullah Asiri, deputy minister of health for preventive health, said that the Kingdom's health sector is capable of monitoring and discovering suspected cases of "monkeypox" and to combat infection. As of Saturday, 92 confirmed cases and 28 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported from 12 member states that are not endemic for the virus, WHO said, adding it will provide further guidance and recommendations in coming days for countries on how to mitigate the spread of monkeypox.
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