Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced that it will allow Pakistani travelers to directly enter the Kingdom starting December 1, 2021, without spending 14-day quarantine in a third country, Saudi Gazette reported Thursday.
Aside from Pakistan, the new directives will also be applicable to citizens of several other countries, including Indonesia, Brazil, Vietnam, Egypt, and India starting from next Wednesday.
As per the report, all travelers coming from the aforementioned countries will have to undergo a five-day mandatory quarantine regardless of their immunization status outside the Kingdom.
In this regard, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony Maulana Tahir Ashrafi also confirmed the news and thanked the Saudi Ministry of Interior as well as the Saudi leadership for taking such a step.