The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has announced that the Government of Saudi Arabia has applied a daily curfew from 7pm to 6am for 21 days in the whole country, starting from 23rd March 2020 (28 Rajab 1441), in an effort to prevent the spread of Corona Virus (COVID-19). This curfew is not applicable on the following:
- Food sector: (points of sale) such as catering, supermarkets, poultry, vegetable shops, meat shops, bakeries, food factories and laboratories.
- Health sector: such as pharmacies, medical clinics (dispensaries), hospitals, laboratories, factories developing materials and medical devices.
- Media sector.
- Transportation sector: such as those transporting goods, parcels, customs clearance, warehouses, logistics services, the supply chain for the health sector and port operations.
- E-commerce activities: such as those working in electronic procurement and delivery applications for the sectors mentioned here.
- Accommodation services: activities such as hotels and furnished apartments.
- Energy sector: such as gas stations and emergency services for the electric company.
- Financial services and Insurance sector: such as car accidents (Najm), urgent health insurance services (approvals), and other insurance services.
- Telecom sector: as Internet and communication network operators.
- Water sector: such as the water company emergency services and home drinking water delivery service.
- Muezzins will be allowed to access the mosques to say the call for prayer.
- Embassies employees.
Their official tweets are as follows:
خادم الحرمين الشريفين يصدر أمره بمنع التجول للحد من انتشار فيروس كورونا الجديد ابتداءً من الساعة السابعة مساءً وحتى الساعة السادسة صباحاً لمدة 21 يوماً من مساء يوم الاثنين 28 رجب 23 مارس. pic.twitter.com/bu5sJNMpzX
— وزارة الداخلية (@MOISaudiArabia) March 22, 2020
استنادًا إلى أمر خادم الحرمين الشريفين – حفظه الله – القاضي بمنع التجول للحد من انتشار فيروس كورونا الجديد لمدة 21 يوما، تود الوزارة إيضاح الاستثناءات المتعلقة بمنع التجول. pic.twitter.com/8gxXbeVD0s
— وزارة الداخلية (@MOISaudiArabia) March 23, 2020
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques issues curfew order to limit spread of Novel Coronavirus from seven in the evening until six in the morning for 21 days starting in the evening of Monday 23 March.https://t.co/bxFIN0OfAA#SPAGOV pic.twitter.com/HqioVzBlNQ
— SPAENG (@Spa_Eng) March 22, 2020
#خادم_الحرمين_الشريفين يصدر أمره بمنع التجول للحد من انتشار #فيروس_كورونا الجديد ابتداءً من الساعة الـ 7 مساءً وحتى الساعة الـ 6 صباحًا لمدة ( 21 ) يومًا من مساء يوم الأثنين 28 رجب 1441هـ، الموافق 23 مارس 2020م.https://t.co/ZooYXb3UhM#واس_عام pic.twitter.com/kifgwYCN0z
— واس الأخبار الملكية (@spagov) March 22, 2020
#BREAKING: Saudi Arabia imposes curfew order from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. every day for 21 days from the evening of Monday, March 23, 2020 to limit the spread of the #COVID19https://t.co/MzzqKMme2i pic.twitter.com/Nja9KCpVN0
— Arab News (@arabnews) March 22, 2020
Saudi Interior Ministry spells out exclusions from the #curfew order imposed by King Salman across the Kingdom to curb the spread of the #COVID19 diseasehttps://t.co/MzzqKMDPqS pic.twitter.com/RK6HgzEszx
— Arab News (@arabnews) March 23, 2020
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