RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED IN SAUDI ARABIA AS PART OF KOVID'19 PREVENTIVE MEASURES. THE UNIFIED PASS SYSTEM WILL COME INTO EFFECT FROM 3 PM TODAY. IF RELEASED WITHOUT DOCUMENTS, THEY WILL BE FINED 10000 SAUDI RIYAL. WORKERS IN LABOR CAMPS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE STARTED TO BE DISPLACED.
THE UNIFIED PASS SYSTEM WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 3PM TODAY ON WARDS. WITH THIS, SPECIAL PASSES FROM THE HOME MINISTRY WILL BE MADE MANDATORY TO REPLACE THE PASSES CURRENTLY USED FOR EXEMPTION IN CURFEW. THE NEW RULE WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN RIYADH FROM TODAY. THE SAME APPLIES TO ALL SECTORS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT SECTORS. THOSE WHO VIOLATE THE BAN WILL BE FINED 10,000 SAUDI RIYAL. MANY PEOPLE, WHO ROAMED OUTSIDE, WERE FINED YESTERDAY.
WORKERS IN VARIOUS LABOR CAMPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ALSO BEEN SHIFTED TO SAFE PLACES. MANY PEOPLE WERE ACCOMMODATED IN 15 SCHOOLS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE LAST WEEK. MEASURES HAVE ALSO BEEN INITIATED TO TRANSFER MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE IN LABOR CAMPS IN JEDDAH TO GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. MORE PEOPLE WILL BE SHIFTED TO TEMPORARY SHELTERS IN THE COMING DAYS. THE MOVE WOULD BE A RELIEF FOR MANY WORKERS, , WHO WERE WORRIED ABOUT LABOR CAMPS, UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCE.
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