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Saudi announces 24-hour lockdown for Eid holiday

Saudi Arabia previously relaxed some of its anti-virus restrictions.
A Saudi volunteer supervisor wearing a protective face mask and gloves checks the temperature of another volunteer before preparing boxes of Iftar meals provided by a charity organisation following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the holy month of Ramadan, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 10, 2020. Picture taken May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri - RC2WMG9RFHBL

Saudi Arabia announced a five-day round-the-clock lockdown for the Eid al-Fitr holiday today to combat COVID-19.

The lockdown will begin May 23. Until then, businesses can remain open and people will be able to move freely from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Reuters reported.

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