SAUDI SAYS NO RESTRICTIONS FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES

SAUDI ARABIA'S INTERNAL TRAVEL BAN IMPOSED ON KOVID'S BACKLOG DOES NOT APPLY TO THE COUNTRY'S ESSENTIAL FLIGHT TRANSPORT SERVICES, THE MINISTRY SAID. ELEVEN CATEGORIES OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN EXEMPTED FROM THE TRAVEL BAN AND NIGHT-TIME CURFEW BETWEEN THE PROVINCES OF THE COUNTRY, THE GENERAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT SAID. THE MINISTRY'S EXPLANATION CAME AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE STOPPED SERVICE FOR FEAR OF VIOLATING THE LAW.

THE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED IN THE COUNTRY AS PART OF THE PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF COWARDICE. FOLLOWING THIS, THE MINISTRY SAID IT HAD NOTICED THAT MANY OF THE ESSENTIAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT SERVICES WERE TERMINATED FOR FEAR OF VIOLATION OF THE LAW. ELEVEN CATEGORIES OF SERVICES HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY EXEMPTED FROM THE NOTIFICATION WHICH HAS IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS.

THE FREIGHT MOVEMENT OF FOOD SUPPLIES, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE IMPORTANT AMONG THEM, THE MINISTRY EXPLAINED. TRUCKS AND VEHICLES SERVICING SUCH AREAS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO CROSS PROVINCIAL BOUNDARIES OR TRAVEL DURING CURFEWS, THE GENERAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT SAID. INSTEAD, THEY WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS TO PROVE THAT THE VEHICLES BEING SERVICED ARE IN THE DISCOUNT CATEGORY.

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