New police unit to enforce Saudi Arabia’s latest virus restrictions

The country's Interior Ministry also announced a new round of hefty fines for quarantine violators.
A woman wearing a protective mask walks at a shopping mall after the Saudi government eased a curfew and allowed stores to open, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 2, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri - RC2JGG9YJCK0
A woman wearing a protective mask to protect against COVID-19 walks at a shopping mall after the Saudi government eased a curfew and allowed stores to open, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 2, 2020. - REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri
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Saudi Arabia has banned gatherings of more than five people and announced the formation of a special police unit to enforce the new regulation. 

Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef approved a new round of hefty fines for quarantine offenders, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said today.  

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