Saudi authorities will allow the resumption of departure flights of foreign nationals after placing a temporary detention due to a new, more infectious strain of the coronavirus, state television announced on Sunday.
Under the new terms, any country that treats the most infectious strain will continue to be restricted and crew members of flights landing in Saudi Arabia will be limited to the plane, according to Bloomberg.
Last week, the kingdom announced the suspension of all international flights due to the new variant, first detected in the south-east of England. The ban was set to last 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 as in many other countries, including Europe and much of the US official guidelines on control. and disease prevention. Americans against traveling the country.
Several countries responded to the new variant by banning flights from the UK. The United States was not among them as of Sunday and Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciRubio criticizes Fauci for raising the herd’s immunity estimate to 90 percent. Novavax is initiating a phase 3 trial of the COVID-19 vaccine., the leading U.S. infectious disease expert, has said the move could be an “overreaction” and said the strain is already likely in the country. Public health experts have said the strain does not look more deadly and there is no reason to believe the vaccines will not be effective against it.