Saudi Arabian authorities will allow outbound flights with foreign nationals to resume after being temporarily detained over a new, more contagious form of the coronavirus, state television announced Sunday.
Under the new terms, any country dealing with the more contagious species will still be restricted and crew members on flights landing in Saudi Arabia will be confined to the aircraft, Bloomberg said.
Last week, the kingdom announced that all international flights would be suspended due to the new variant, which was first discovered in south-east England. The ban would last for a week with the option to extend it if necessary.
Saudi Arabia has officially reported just over 361,000 cases of the virus, and official figures have not shown a second wave of the virus like those of numerous other countries, including Europe, and many of the U.S. official centers for disease control and disease. prevention still advise. Americans are against traveling to the country.
Several countries responded to the new variant by banning flights from the UK. The US was not there from Sunday, and Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci Rubio criticizes Fauci for increasing herd immunity estimate to 90 percent., the US’s top infectious disease expert, said such a move could be an “overreaction” and said the species was likely already present in the country. Public health experts have said the strain does not appear more deadly and there is no reason to believe vaccines will be ineffective against it.