Saudi Arabia to impose travel ban for visits to 'red list' countries
Citizens who travel to countries including the UAE, Indonesia and Turkey are at risk of penalties including a three-year ban on travel.
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 and its more infectious Delta variant, Saudi Arabia will slap a three-year travel ban on its citizens who visit destinations on the kingdom’s “red list” of coronavirus hotspots, the Saudi news agency SPA said Tuesday.
"Traveling to the banned countries is an obvious violation of COVID-19-related travel restrictions and the kingdom's updated instructions," SPA quoted an Interior Ministry official as saying.
“Those who violate the travel ban will be held accountable and slapped with heavy penalties," including a ban on traveling abroad for a period of three years, the source said.
Countries currently on the “red list” include Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
