Saudi to fine people who do not declare accurate health details on entry
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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it would impose a fine of up to 500,000 riyals ($133,000) on those who do not declare correct health-related information at entry points.
Saudi authorities on Monday announced the discovery of four more new coronavirus cases and that it was suspending travel by air and sea between the Kingdom and nine countries to prevent the spread of the disease.
The Ministry of Health said the new cases include a Saudi national, two Bahrainis and an American.
Saudi authorities also announced that it would impose a fine of up to $133,000 on those who do not declare correct health-related information at entry points.
Earlier on Monday, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the authorities were suspending travel for Saudi citizens and foreign residents to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Italy and South Korea.
People travelling from those countries or anyone who has been there in the past 14 days would also be temporarily banned from entering the Kingdom.
The discovery of the four new cases brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Kingdom to 15.
